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THE
new england
Historical and Genealogical
REGISTER
1920
V
OLUME
LXXIV
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY
AT THE ROBERT HENRY EDDY MEMORIAL ROOMS
9 ASHBUKTON PLACE, BOSTON
1920
Cbitor
HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT
Committee on publication
JAMES PARKER PARMENTER JOHN WALLACE SUTER
HOSEA STARR BALLOU ALFRED JOHNSON
G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jr. GEORGE RITCHIE MARVIN
HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT
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THE
NEW ENGLAND
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
REGISTER
JANUARY, 1920
HENRY ERNEST WOODS, A.M.
By Henry Winchester Cunningham, A. B., of Milton, Mass.
Henry Ernest Woods, so long an active member of this Society
and for so many years a worker in the field of New England history
and genealogy, died suddenly of heart trouble at the Hotel Weldon
at Greenfield, Mass., 11 October 1919, while on the performance of
his duties as State Commissioner of Public Records.
The son of Henry Thayer and Ellen (Thayer) Woods, he was born
in Boston, at the home of his grandfather, Elijah Thayer, 181 Salem
Street, 5 June 1857,* and was descended through both his father
and mother from a long line of New England ancestors. His father,
a wholesale dry-goods merchant of Boston, had come from the
town of Groton, Mass., where he was born in 1830, and descended
from the well-known Woods family of that town through Henry^
(1802-1841) and his wife Hannah Maria Thayer of HolHs, N. H.,
Col. Samson^ (1760-1826), a Revolutionary soldier of Pepperell
and Groton, and his wife Alice Tarbell, Brig. Gen. Henry^ (1733-
1804) of Groton and Pepperell, an officer in the French and Indian
Wars, the Revolution, and during Shays's Rebellion, and a general
in the militia, and his wife Deborah Parker, Isaac^ (1700-1775) of
Groton and his wife Abigail Stevens, NathanieP (1668-1738) of
Groton and his first wife Eleanor , and Samuel,^ the earliest
ancestor in America, w^ho was born about 1636 and moved with his
wife Alice Rushton to Groton in 1662, where he was an original
proprietor. Mr. Woods^s mother was of the well-known Thayer
family, descending from the emigrant Thomas Thayer or Tayer,
who was at Braintree, Mass., before 1639.
Harry Woods, as he was familiarly known to all his friends, grew
up in Boston, and was a student at Chauncy Hall School from 1865
to 1875, going to the School when it was still located in Chauncy
Street, and fitting for Harvard, where he would probably have been
a member of the Class of 1881; but at the time he was not in robust
health, and trouble with his eyes obliged him to give up all idea of
going to college. For a brief time he took a position in a wholesale
boot and shoe house, starting at the bottom and expecting to make
•At first he was named Henry Elijah Woods, but the middle name was changed to Ernest in.
1882.
VOL. LXXIV. 1
4 Henry Ernest Woods [Jan.
business his life work; but in a few months his health obHged him to
stop work, and he crossed the Atlantic and spent a long time journey-
ing through England, Scotland, and other parts of Europe. On his
return home he began again in the same business in January 1877,
and remained in it for several years.
Previous to his European trip he had, in the winter of 1871-2,
made a voyage to Cuba, and from there across the Gulf to New
Orleans, thence to Florida, and up the Atlantic coast. In fact, as
he wrote in 1880, he had for the previous ten years scarcely for a
year missed a journey in some direction, even if it was only a vaca-
tion trip, and for several years at this period he passed a part of each
summer at Kennebunkport, Me., and took an active part in the
summer life there, serving for a long time as honorary secretary of
the little casino.
These trips during his early life, most of them taken for the benefit
of his health, interfered with the continuous progress of his school
life. But he had many inborn talents and a natural inclination
towards an artistic and Uterary Hfe, and he gradually turned his
attention to this work, at first as an amateur; then, as his interest
and his abihty developed, he became, perhaps before he fully reahzed
it, for he was ever modest as to his accompUshments, so well equipped
that there were few in his lines so well fitted to pursue the work as
a profession.
To those who knew him only in his late years, when he was busy
with New England records, it may be a surprise to know how clever
he was with his pencil, and that for several years he was a more or
less regular contributor to Lije\ and this artistic touch continued in
his neat and characteristic handwriting and in the clear and attrac-
tive way in which he made a genealogical chart, and, quite Ukely,
it influenced him in his study of heraldry.
He joined this Society 5 May 1880, then in his twenty-third year,
becoming a life member in 1902; and he soon began to take an active
interest in its work, contributing to the Register in 1883 an article
on the English ancestry of the Thayers, his mother's family, at
Thornbury in Gloucestershire, and a few years later a review of an
EngHsh genealogical book.*
In 1888 he became a member of the Committee on Heraldry, and
continued as such till 1910, serving many years as its chairman;
and, in the annual report which he made in December 1898 and
which was adopted by the Society at the following annual meeting,
he took a strong position on the proper and improper use of coat
armor by Americans, a position that received much commendation
at home and abroad. From a long study he became well-versed in
heraldry, probably as much so as anyone in the community, and
was often consulted and gave freely of his advice to those in search
of the true interpretation of a coat of arms. He had little patience
with professionals who were too ready to make up arms for anyone,
*He was also the author of Some Descendants of Digory Sargent of Boston and Worcester,
Mass., a brief genealogy which appeared in the Register of October 1904 and was afterwards
reprinted, of The Woods Family of Groton, Mass., published in the Register in 1910 and re-
printed, and of several other short productions; but most of his literary work was editorial or
consisted of reports, many of which are long and valuable.
1920] Henry Ernest Woods 5
or with those who insisted on using spurious arms. It did not
seem to him honest, and anything dishonest was repugnant to
his nature. In the Register for April 1895 he made a communica-
tion on the arms of Anne RadcHffe, Lady Moulson, and was con-
sulted by the authorities of Radcliffe College about these arms and
as to a proper seal for the College.
In addition to his work for the Society on heraldry, he soon became
a member of the Committee on the Library, and in the early nineties,
when the writer first began to take an interest in the Society, where
he made Mr. Woods's acquaintance, he was serving as secretary of
that Committee and was active and alert in adding valuable books
to the Library. His knowledge of EngHsh parish registers was
extensive, and it was largely through his advice that the Society
began the systematic collection of this important addition to its
Ubrary.
For fifteen or twenty years he had been a constant visitor at the
Library and a delver in the records of New England families, and
had made brief genealogies for himself and given help to all his
friends who were searching in these fields unusual to them, so that
in the winter of 1901, when the late John Ward Dean became ill and
unable to continue his work as Editor of the Register, Mr. Woods
was asked to edit the April, July, and October numbers; and after
that he was chosen Editor and continued till 1907, when he was
called to other duties.
President Baxter in his address at the annual meeting of the
Society in 1902, in speaking of the great loss the Society had suffered
in the death of Mr. Dean, said that they were fortunate in having
tried men in their service, and, continuing, said: ''One of these, I
think, you will not object to have me particularly mention, and that
is the present Editor of the Register, Mr. Woods. His services
have been so valuable that I cannot refrain from congratulating you
for having secured them.'^ And in his annual address the following
year Mr. Baxter again called attention to Mr. Woods's work, saying :
*'I think you will all agree with me that under the able editorship
of Mr. Woods it [the Register] has grown better than ever." The
late Caleb B. Tillinghast, for many years our Vice-President and
Chairman of the Committee on Publications, had been thrown with
many pubhc men and was a keen judge of human nature, and at first
he had some Uttle doubt whether Mr. Woods would care to take
up regular professional duties; but he soon found that he was not
only accurate and skilful but conscientious and regular in the dis-
charge of his duties, and the two men became the warmest of personal
friends, often making Httle summer trips together.
In 1901 an active movement was made, mainly through the
initiative of Edmund D. Barbour, in which he was strongly backed
by Mr. Greenlaw and Mr. Woods, to have the State assist in the
preservation of the vital records of the cities and towns of Massa-
chusetts, by encouraging the printing each year of a fixed amount of
such records in book form. This movement resulted in the Vital
Records Act of June 1902, and Mr. Woods at once began the work
for this Society, pubHshing during the first year the records of six
6 Henry Ernest Woods [Jan.
small towns. In all he edited thirty-two volumes of these Vital
Records.
In 1907 Robert T. Swan, the first Commissioner of Public Records
for Massachusetts, died, and Mr. Woods was appointed to succeed
him, receiving the appointment from his old schoolmate and lifelong
friend, Curtis Guild, who was then Governor. This new position
necessitated the withdrawal of Mr. Woods from active work for this
Society, though he still served on committees and for three years
(1908-1910) as a member of the Council,* and again the President
voiced in his annual address what must have been the feeling of all,
saying: ''The retirement of Mr. Woods from the editorship of publi-
cations requires more than a passing notice. Since his connection
with that department, Mr. Woods has not only rendered the most
devoted service to the interests of the Society, but has shown himself
to be possessed of editorial ability of a high character. In his
association with the members of this Society and its officers, his
unvarying courtesy and exuberant good will have endeared him to
us all, and his vacant chair will remind us of a personal loss.^'
Mr. Woods's work as Commissioner took him to all parts of the
State for a personal examination of the condition and methods of
preservation of the town records, and it was while on one of these
trips that he died. When he made these trips in summer his friends
Grenville H. Norcross and Francis Apthorp Foster and some-
times others often went with him; and they delight in telling of the
tact with which he handled his business, for the average town clerk
is not apt to look with pleasure upon the advent of a State official
who may criticize his work or oblige him to do it in some new way;
but most of them melted under the hearty and smiling good nature
with which Mr. Woods approached them, and it was seldom that he
had to invoke his legal powers to accomplish his ends, though he did
not hesitate to do this when necessary. He did a good work in
encouraging the care and preservation of historic records, for his
training had taught him their value, and he well knew how easily
they might become lost or dariiaged in careless hands.
His achievements were recognized by election to membership in
the American Antiquarian Society in 1907 and in the Massachusetts
Historical Society in 1908, and he was one of the founders of The
Colonial Society of Massachusetts in 1892. He was made an honor-
ary member of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1901 and
of many historical organizations at various times, and Bowdoin
College gave him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1903.
He was never married, and for many years made his home with
his mother, to whom he was devoted through her years of acute
suffering from rheumatic gout, and he did much also for the care of
an invalid brother; but during recent years he had rooms on New-
bury Street in Boston and really made his home at the near-by St.
Botolph Club, where he enjoyed the companionship of friends with
kindred tastes in art and literature.
*Mr. Woods was one of the donors to the fund raised for the erection of the new building of
the Society at 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, and he was a member of the Special Executive,
Finance, and Building Committee in 1911 and 1912. He was also a member of the Com-
mittee on Consolidated Index during the years 1910, 1911, and 1912.
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Early Vital Records of Colrain, Mass.
He had a large acquaintance, and knew much about the origin
and careers of most Boston people, o^en though he was not personally
acquainted with them. And he had a few warm, personal friends,
perhaps quite as many as the average man. These intimates always
remained his intimates, for they knew his sterling worth and his
steadfast friendship, and they had penetrated through an outside
manner perhaps due to shyness and knew what a loyal friend and
genial companion he could be. It was always a pleasure to meet
him, even for a passing word upon the street, and see his face light up
with a cheery smile. Those who were but mere acquaintances have
never really known Harry Woods.
He has accomplished much in his career, although he had his full
share of cares and sorrows and must have had many lonely moments,
but he has left a happy memory with his friends.
F rater J Ave atque Vale.
EARLY VITAL RECORDS OF COLRAIN, MASS.
From a manuscript in the possession of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society
[Concluded from vol. 73, page 260]
[Children of] Oren and Keziah Smith.
Eunice, born IVLay 6, 1779.
Sept. 7, 1781.
Dec. 31, 1783.
IVIoUy,
Walter B.,
Othniel,
Jenney,
Susanna,
Beriah,
David,
[Children of] David and Martha Smith.
Rachel, born Feb. 1, 1782.
Feb. 7,1793. ^.
Feb. 7, 1793. -^^°^-
John,
Eunice,
David,
Sabrina,
Clindia,
Calvin,
Calvin,
Clarissa,
Fanny,
Feb. 22, 1784.
Jan. 30, 1786.
May 4, 1788.
Aug. 12, 1790.
Nov. 24, 1792.
June 5, 1795, d. Nov. 27, 1795.
Oct. 22, 1796, d. Feb. 13, 1822.
Apr. 12, 1799, d. Apr. 18, 1820.
Mar. 20, 1802.
[Children of] Calvin and Ann Smith.
Jenney, born Oct. 11, 1788.
Levina,
Ann,
Sally,
Joseph,
Ann,
Betsey,
Dec. 28, 1789.
June 16, 1792, d. Feb. 6, 1795.
Mar. 4, 1794.
Feb. 20, 1796.
Feb. 19, 1798.
Dec. 24, 1799.
8 Early Vital Records of Colrain, Mass, [Jan.
[Child of] Hezekiah and Eunice Smith.
Luther, born Feb. 7, 1767.
[Children of] Hezekiah and Sally Smith. He was born Oct. 3, 1781.
Sally Holland was born Jan. 19, 1781. Married May 19, 1803.
Esther E., born Mar. 7, 1804.
Mary, " Nov. 25, 1805.
Martha H., " Feb. 18, 1808.
Hezekiah, " Feb. 16, 1810.
Sarah C, " Oct. 19, 1812.
Rhoda, " July 25, 1815.
Nathaniel, " Apr. 1, 1819.
Harriet L., " Feb. 5,1822.
[Children of] John and Fanny Smith.
David Long, born Aug. 24, 1812.
John L., ** Apr. 25, 1814, d. Jan. 21, 1819.
Allen B., " June 17, 1816.
Walter B., " July 12, 1818.
Fanny C, " Aug. 21, 1821.
[Children of] Rominer, Junior, and Sarah Smith, married Nov. 27, 1824.
Martha Ann, born Dec. 6, 1825.
Hannah D., " Feb. 6, 1828.
Ebenezer B., " Mar. 11, 1830.
[Child of] William and Elizabeth Stevens.
Robert, born Apr. 14, 1786.
[Children of] Samuel and Alice Stewart.
Mary, born May 13, 1753.
Alice, " Mar. 26, 1754.
Rebecca, " July 26, 1756.
James, " Jan. 5, 1759.
[Children of] James and Agnes Stewart. She died Feb. 12, 1784.
Martha, born Jan. 14, 1756.
Ephriam, " Sept. 22, 1757, d. Sept. 17, 1761.
James, " Feb. 9, 1759.
Hugh, " Aug. 19, 1761.
Elizabeth, " Aug. 29, 1763.
Levi, *' Aug. 10, 1765, d. Sept. 21,":1765.
Simeon, " Sept. 27, 1766.
Walter, " Dec. 18, 1768.
Mary Ann, " Feb. 22, 1771.
Daniel, " July 29, 1773.
David, " July 1, 1776, d. Oct. 10, 1779.
James Stewart, senior, died Sept. 20, 1773, se. 92.
Jean " died Sept. 6, 1777.
[Children of] James, Jun., and Esther Stewart.
Jesse, born July 8, 1784.
David, " July 8, 1784.
Clarissa, " June 2, 1787.
[Children of] William and Elizabeth Stewart.
Thankful, born Dec. 24, 1758.
David,
Feb. 24, 1761.
Sarah,
July 26, 1763.
Jonathan,
Nov. 30, 1765, d. Sept. 10, 1767.
Mary,
Nov. 5,1768.
Jonathan,
Apr. 10, 1771.
Anna,
1781.
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[Children of] William and Mary Stewart.
Eunice, born Apr. 14, 1769.
Lemuel, " June 28, 1772.
[Children of] Hugh and Rhoda Stewart.
Nancy, born Dec. 30, 1785.
Electa, '' Dec. 11, 1787.
Ephriam, " Dec. 14, 1789.
David, " Jan. 30, 1792.
Charlotte, " Oct. 10, 1794.
[Children of] Enos and Lucretia Stewart.
Lydia, born Oct. 26, 1788.
Sally,
" Dec. 28, 1790.
Enos,
" May 20, 1794.
Luther,
" May 5, 1796.
William,
" Dec. 10, 1798.
Anna,
" Oct. 24, 1800.
Matilda,
" Nov. 12, 1805.
Polly,
" Dec. 4,1807.
[Children of] Amos and Margaret Stewart.
Amariah H., born May 3, 1818.
William,
" Sept. 16, 1820.
Silas S.,
" Dec. 23, 1822.
Nancy S.,
" May 10, 1825.
David,
" July 29, 1827.
Amos,
" Dec. 26, 1829.
Children of] Josiah and Mary Stone.
Joseph,
born July 13, 1772.
Sarah,
" June 13, 1775.
Huldah,
" Sept. 16, 1778.
[Children of] Elias and Sarah Stone.
EHas,
born Sept. 17, 1791, d. Mar.
19, 1801.
David,
" July 19, 1793.
Sarah,
" May 31, 1795.
Sylvester,
" Nov. 18, 1797.
Tirzah,
" Mar. 15, 1800.
Levi,
" Apr. 18, 1802.
Betsey,
" Mar. 28, 1804.
[Child of] Samuel and Anne Stone.
Theophilus, born Oct. 19, 1792.
[Children of] Henry and Mary Strongman.
WilHam, born Sept. 15, 1750.
Richard, " June 4, 1753.
[Children of] James and Susanna Taggart.
Eunice, born Aug. 17, 1792.
James, " Nov. 20, 1795. rp •
John, " Nov.20, 1795. ■^^^^•
Levi, " Mar. 7, 1798.
George, " Nov. 13, 1799.
Anna, " Oct. 11, 1801.
Hu-am, " June 23, 1805.
[Children of] Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth Taggart.
Daniel M., born Oct. 29, 1779, d. Dec. 4, 1782.
Samuel D., *' May 21, 1781. rp .
Robert, " May 21, 1781. ^^^^^'
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Early Vital Records of Colrain, Mass.
[Jan.
Daniel,
Jean,
Elizabeth,
James,
George,
Polly,
Rufus,
Esther B.,
Moses,
Apr. 25, 1783.
Apr. 21, 1785, d. July 15, 1785.
May 16, 1786.
Aug. 7, 1788.
Dec. 22, 1790, d. July 16, 1791.
Mar. 28, 1792.
July 24, 1793.
Oct. 27, 1795.
May 10, 1797.
Aug. 21, 1799.
[Children of] Rev. Samuel and
Taggart.
Catherine C, born Feb. 19, 1817.
Mary Ann, " Sept. 12, 1818.
William A., " May 22, 1821.
[Children of] David and Fanny Thomas.
Maria, born Apr. 9, 1798.
Jenny, '' Aug. 14, 1799.
[Children of] Sebra and Polly Thomas.
Sally, born July 31, 1812, at Rowe.
Bradford G., " Aug. 9, 1814, " ''
Miranda, " June 23, 1816.
Emily, " Mar. 23, 1818.
Luranna, '' Nov. 29, 1819.
Mary Jane, *' Sept. 25, 1821.
Aurilla, " Sept. 5, 1824.
[Children of] Alexander and IVIargaret Thompson.
Mary, born Jan. 29, 1764.
Ann, '' Mar. 4, 1766.
Alexander, " Mar. 20, 1768.
[Children of] Joseph and Jennet Thompson.
Margaret, born June 23, 1750.
John, '' May 12, 1752, d. May 14, 1783.
Jane, '' July 1, 1754.
[Children of] Joseph and Ann Thompson.
Jenney, born Dec. 30, 1787.
Dec. 24, 1789.
Sept. 30, 1791.
June 12, 1793.
June 30, 1795.
July 23, 1797.
Mar. 22, 1799.
Nov. 10, 1800.
Nancy,
Joseph,
Robert W.,
Ann,
Margaret,
Calvin,
Electa,
[Children of] Hugh and Jean Thomson.
John, born Jan. 3, 1789.
Robert, '' Mar. 21, 1791.
Hugh M., " May 21, 1793.
Joseph, '' Sept. 28, 1796.
[Children of] Abraham and EHzabeth Tisdale.
Lois, born Mar. 31, 1800.
Hope, '' June 28, 1802.
Sibel, " July 16, 1807.
Isaac, " July 26, 1809.
Teresta, " Mar. 6, 1814.
Joshua Totman, born at Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 22, 1737, died Oct. 25,
1808.
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Elizabeth Ward, born at Plymouth Oct. 30, 1733, died May 18, 1818.
[Children of] Jonathan and Jenney Totman. She died Jan. 23, 1831.
Married June 14, 1810.
Calvin S., born Jan. 13, 1811.
Joshua B., " Sept. 2, 1820.
David Stoddard, " May 13, 1823.
[Children of] Stoddard and Rebecca Totman. He [was] born Oct. 3,
1756, married Mar. 16, 1780, Rebecca Cobb. She [was] born Aug. 1,
1759, died Aug. 7, 1825.
Hannah, born Apr. 25, 1781, d. Mar. 6, 1795.
Joshua, " Apr. 1, 1783, d. Jan. 1, 1815.
Jonathan, " Sept. 15, 1785.
EHzabeth, " Sept. 15, 1787.
Rebecca, " Aug. 20, 1789, d. Dec. 2, 1814.
Nancy, *' Sept. 18, 1793.
Hannah, '' Sept. 16, 1795, d. June 23, 1817.
David A., " Aug. 14, 1801, d. July 19, 1821.
Hannah Totman had a daughter born Nov. 13, 1814, named Rebecca
Totman Donelson.
[Children of] Caleb and Mary Totman. He was born Sept. 18, 1773,
married Nov. 29, 1798, Mary Peterson, who was born Apr. 5, 1776.
Sylvanus P., born July 26, 1800.
Ruth W., '' Mar. 7, 1803.
Robert L., '' Jan. 21, 1805, d. June 27, 1807.
Erastus K., '' Dec. 20, 1806.
Esther, " Dec. 16, 1808.
Elizabeth Ward, '' May 19, 1811.
Levi B., " Sept. 13, 1813, d. Aug. 2, 1824.
Dorcas W., " Mar. 29, 1818.
[Children of] Arad and Tryphena Town.
Cleora Augusta, born Sept. 17, 1820, at Rowe.
Maria Louisa, " Aug. 24, 1822.
Nancy Streeter, '' Apr. 25, 1825.
DeWitt Clinton, " Jan. 3, 1828.
[Child of] James and Mary Walles [sic, ? W^allace].
Seth, born Dec. 1, 1761
[Child of] Elder Obed and Mary Warren.
Lydia, born Apr. 3, 1789.
[Children of] Silas and Margaret White.
Sarah, born Oct. 12, 1762, at Uxbridge.
Lydia, " Dec. 27, 1763, at Charlemont.
Mary, " Feb. 25, 1765.
John, " Feb. 23, 1767.
[Child of] John and Hannah Whitney.
Arad, born Apr. 20, 1789.
[Child of] James and Catherine Wilde.
John, born Nov. 8, 1768.
[Children of] Daniel and Patty Willis.
Asaph, born Aug. 23, 1798, d. Sept. 4, 1803.
Sarah, " Dec. 9, 1799.
Son, '' July 25, 1801, d. Aug. 7, 1801.
George W., " Nov. 28, 1802.
Ann M., '' Aug. 14, 1804.
Daniel, " June 4, 1806.
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Early Vital Records of Colrairiy Mass,
[Jan.
Aurilla,
Olive,
Louisa,
Mary S.,
John M.,
Nancy,
it
July 2, 1808.
Mar. 14, 1810.
Jan. 2, 1812.
Dec. 22, 1813.
Mar. 24, 1816.
July 10, 1818, d. Feb. 6, 1819.
[Child of] George and Lucinda Witherell.
George Randall, born Aug. 17, 1814.
[Children of] Lt. Jonathan and Ann Wilson.
Ann,
John,
Margaret,
Robert,
Jonathan,
James,
Samuel,
Hugh,
Thomas,
Ann,
William R.,
Sarah,
born Apr. 4, 1769, d. Oct. 22, 1775.
Mar. 21, 1771.
Feb. 1, 1773, d. Oct. 23, 1775.
Mar. 25, 1775, d. Oct. 17, 1775.
Apr. 12, 1777.
Feb. 21, 1779.
Feb. 14, 1781.
Apr. 14, 1783.
Jan. 20, 1785.
Feb. 19, 1787.
Feb. 17, 1790.
June 20, 1792.
It
[Children of] John and Ann Wilson.
Robert, born Aug. 21, 1795.
John, '* Sept. 10, 1798.
S is, " Feb. 23, 1801.
[Children of] David and Margaret Wilson. She died Apr. 3, 1795.
Joseph, born Oct. 7, 1773, d. July 27, 1777.
James,
David,
Rachel,
Margaret,
Robert,
John,
Jenney,
Miss Nabby Wood.
Jan. 14, 1776, d. July 22, 1777.
Mar. 11, 1778.
Apr. 5, 1780, d. Aug. 21, 1781.
July 26, 1782.
May 29, 1785.
Aug. 15, 1787.
Aug. 5, 1789.
Her child born Aug. 17, 1808, named Lusina Har-
rington.
Henry Wallace of Colerain and Cebera Dodge of Shelburne were pub as
intending marriage, Dec. 1, 1784.
[Children of] John and Phebe Workman.
Mary, born Nov. 28, 1755.
Jean, " Feb. 20,1758.
Lois, " Jan. 31, 1756.
Ann, " Mar. 12, 1762.
Sarah, " Mar. 14, 1765.
William, " Feb. 23, 1766, d. Aug. 21, 1767.
Martha, " Nov. 17, 1768.
Daniel S., " Dec. 5, 1770.
EHzabeth, " Feb. 8, 1775.
Dorothy, ** Sept. 18, 1778.
[Children of] Daniel and Dorothy Workman.
WiUiam, born Jan. 21, 1798.
Mary, '' July 11, 1799.
Loran, " Jan. 13, 1801.
Elizabeth Bolton died Sept. 13, 1767.
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Wm. Mclanethon Bolton died Sept. 6, 1767.
Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Bolton, senior, died Jan. 30, 1755.
Joseph, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Bolton, died Dec. 20, 1757.
Hannah, wife of Matthew Bolton, died Dec. 28, 1761.*
INSCRIPTIONS IN FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS
AT NORTH KINGSTOWN AND EXETER, R. I.
Copied by Henry Earl Parmenter, Commander, U.S.N., Retired,
of Boston, Mass.
Below is printed the genealogical information supplied by the
inscriptions in several family burial grounds at North Kingstown and
Exeter, R. I., which were visited in September 1913.
North Kingstown
Updike Burial GROUNnf
Frances Ayrault, wife of Peter Ayrault, aged 66, d. Jan. 3, 1711/12.
Susanna, dau. of Daniel & Mary Ayrault of Newport, d. May 3, 1807, aged
84.
Mrs. Abigail U. Bullock, wife of Jabez Bullock, d. Oct. 17, 1832, in 31st year.
Alfred U., son of David U. & Lucinda H. Hagan, d. Sept. 5, 1837, aged
10 days.
Sarah Hagan, dau. of Lodowick & Abigail Updike, d. May 6, 1850, in 79th
year.
Mrs. Anstis Lee, dau. of Lodowick Updike, Esq., d. July 11, 1864, in 100th
year.
Mrs. Mary, widow of Capt. Nathaniel Munday & dau. of Lodowick &
Abigail Updike, d. Aug. 26, 1842, aged 75.
Judith, widow of Philip Tillinghast of E. Greenwich & dau. of Daniel &
Mary Ayrault of Newport, d. Nov. 25, 1806, aged 82.
Mrs. Abigail, wife of Lodowick Updike, Esq., d. May 21, 1826, in 86th year.
Captain Alfred Updike, son of Lodowick & Abigail Updike, b. Sept. 13, 1779,
d. Feb. 25, 1869.
Dorcas, wife of Capt. Alfred Updike & dau. of Gardner & Elizabeth Rey-
nolds, d. Aug. 9, 1822, in 36th year.
H.U. 1807
Gen. James Updike, son of Lodowick & Abigail Updike, d. Dec. 8, 1855,
in 92d year.
Lodowick Updike, Esq., d. June 6, 1804, in 80th year.
Bronze Tablet at CocumcussocJ
Here were buried in one grave Forty men who died in the Swamp Fight or on
the return march to Richard Smith's Block House December 1675
Erected by the State of Rhode Island 1907
•Five other death records are omitted, as they merely repeat information previously given in
these records.
tAt Cocumcussoc, on the Smith-Updike-Congdon-Rathburn fnow the Babbitt) Farm. Besides
the inscriptions given below, about forty-eight other graves are marked by uncut field stones.
JOn a boulder near the house on the Babbitt Farm.
14 Inscriptions at North Kingstown and Exeter, R. I. [Jan.
CoNGDON Burial Ground*
Abby, wife of Jonathan Congdon of Exeter, d. Mar. 26, 1847, in 69th year.
Abigail, wife of John Congdon late of Exeter, d. Oct. 19, 1831, aged 84.
Benjamin Congdon, d. Apr. 6, 1815, in 52d year.
EHzabeth, wife of Gideon G. Congdon, b. Apr. 12, 1789, d. Oct. 2, 1879.
EHzabeth, dau. of Gideon G. & EUzabeth Congdon, b. Apr. 6, 1827, d.
Mar. 9, 1896.
Gideon G. Congdon, d. Mar. 10, 1849, aged 66.
Gideon G. Congdon, d. July 19, 1868, aged 44.
Hannah Congdon, d. Aug. 9, 1837, in 83d year.
Henry, son of Benjamin & Sarah Congdon, d. Mar. 19, 1805, aged 17 years,
8 months, 11 days.
Jonathan Congdon, d. Feb. 3, 1836, in 75th year.
Capt. Joseph Congdon, d. Mar. 19, 1838, in 73d year.
Mary Reynolds, wife of Gideon G. Congdon, b. Sept. 15, 1820, d. Feb. 3, 1897.
Phebe, widow of Benjamin & Joseph Congdon, b. Jan. 31, 1780, d. Feb. 10,
1858.
Reynolds Burial GROUNof
Mary Allen, wife of Nathan Allen, d. July 4, 1825, in 64th year.
Nathan Allen, d. July 27, 1828, in 75th year.
Annie M., dau. of John V. & Mary E. Essex, b. Sept. 12, 1864, d. Feb. 16,
1876.
Ann Sarah, wife of Cornelius C. Pierce & dau. of Bo wen & Isabella D. Rey-
nolds, d. Nov. 15, 1878, aged 36 years, 10 months, 1 day.
Rev. Bowen Reynolds, b. Nov. 11, 1814, d. Dec. 7, 1897.
Elizabeth Bowen, wife of William Reynolds, d. 1st mo., 14th, 1832, in 51st
year.
Emily G., dau. of Bowen & Isabella D. Reynolds, d. Oct. 19, 1865, aged 16
years, 7 months, 5 days.
Isabella B., dau. of Bowen & Isabella D. Reynolds, d. Oct. 20, 1865, aged 13
years, 3 months, 23 days.
Isabella D., wife of Rev. Bowen Reynolds, b. Apr. 28, 1816, d. Mar. 31, 1888.
Jabez, son of Jabez & Mary Reynolds, d. Aug. 28, 1732, aged 3 weeks, 2 days.
Jabez Reynolds, b. 1695, d. June 3, 1759, aged 64.
Jabez Reynolds, b. Oct. 30, 1735, d. Oct. 30, 1801.t
James, son of Jabez & Mary Reynolds, d. May 20, 1732, aged 1 year, 10
months.
Lydia B. Reynolds, wife of James P. Reynolds, d. 10th mo., 15th, 1895,
in 89th year.
Mary, wife of Jabez Reynolds, d. June 3, 1759, in 66th year.
Mary Ann Gardner, wife of William K. Reynolds, b. Dec. 10, 1813, d. Sept. 15,
1847.
Phebe Clapp, wife of William Reynolds, d. 7th mo., 10th, 1887, in 93d year.
Sibil K., dau. of Bowen & Isabella D. Reynolds, d. Mar. 1, 1851, aged 5 years,
4 months, 18 days.
Suzannah Reynolds, wife of Jabez Reynolds, d. May 24, 1778, in 38th year.
Sybil Keese, wife of Jabez Reynolds, d. 3d mo., 19th day, 1822, in 78th year.
Thomas A. Reynolds, b. 2d mo., 2, 1828, d. 11th mo., 9, 1828.
Thomas A. Reynolds, b. 4th mo., 22, 1837, d. 12th mo., 28, 1841.
Reynolds 1660 In Memory of William and Elizabeth Reynolds Their
Ancestors and Descendants Erected by Thomas A. Reynolds 1904 §
*At Cocumcussoc.
tNear Sand Hill, on the "Great Plain"-Reynolds (now the Essex) Farm. Besides the in-
scriptions given below, about seventy-one other graves are marked by uncut field stones.
JAnother inscription to this Jabez Reynolds gives his age as 66.
§0n a large granite monument.
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William Reynolds, d. 5th mo., 26th, 1860, in 82d year.
John Spencer, d. Nov. 1809, aged 88.
Susanna Reynolds, wife of John Spencer, d. Dec. 1812, aged 91.
WiGHTMAN Burial Ground*
Fanny Greene, wife of John R. Greene & dau. of the late Capt. John Wight-
man, d. Feb. 10, 1846, aged 33 years, 5 months,* 6 days.
3 Infants of John R. & Fanny Greene.
Fanny W., d Mar. 28, 1846, aged 2 months, 2 days.
Abby R., d. Apr. 5, 1846, aged 2 months, 10 days.
Infant son, d. Nov. 20, 1834, aged 15 days.
Marey, dau. of Stephen & Elizabeth Greene, d. Oct. 24, 1773, aged 1 year,
6 months, 20 days.
Miss Ahce Wightman, b. Mar. 28, 1760, d. Jan. 20, 1832.
Comfort, wife of Holmes Wightman, d. Feb. 19, 1818, in 73d year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wightman, wife of Col. George Wightman, d. Feb. 1796,
aged 70.
George Wightman
1632—1722
1673—1761
1703—1773
1726—1806
1756—1834
1784—1841
1821—1893
1855—19
1890—19
1912t
George, son of Holmes & Comfort Wightman, d. Nov. 8, 1773, aged 7 years,
6 months, 18 days.
George Wightman, d. Aug. 10, 1834, in 79th year.
Hester Ann, youngest dau. of John & Mary Wightman, d. Oct. 31, 1836,
aged 18 years, 6 months, 5 days.
.Holmes Wightman, d. Jan. 18, 1817, aged 70.
Horace, son of John & Mary Wightman, d. Aug. 4, 181 — , aged 2 years,
9 months, 14 days.
Capt. John Wightman, d. July 21, 1830, aged 47.
John Wightman, t d. July 24, 1830, aged 47 years, 9 months.
John Wightman, b. Sept. 20, 1821, d. Feb. 13, 1902.
Josiah B. Wightman, d. Mav 26, 1873, in 67th year.
Mary, wife of Capt. John Wightman, d. Oct. 27, 1860, aged 77.
Sarah, dau. of Holmes & Comfort Wightman, d. Feb. 15, 1780, in 7th year.
Sarah B., dau. of John & Mary Wightman, d. Aug. 14, 1818, aged 9 years,
13 days.
Mrs. Waity Wightman, wife of George Wightman, b. Aug. 29, 1758, d.
Nov. 25, 1821.
Card Burial Ground §
Aylce, wife of Peleg Card, d. May 24, 1826, in 74th year.
Peleg Card, d. Oct. 19, 1846, in 92d year.||
*At Quidnessett, on the Wightman (now the Cedar Crest) Farm. Besides the inscriptions
given below, about twelve graves are marked by uncut field stones.
tThe name and dates are on a large granite boulder.
tPerhaps identical with the Capt. John Wightman of the preceding inscription.
§0n the road east of Newcomb's Station, on the electric street railway.
II This grave is marked also by the Sons of the American Revolution.
16 The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me, [Jan.
FoNES Burial Ground*
Jeremiah Fones, d. Apr. 29, 1747, in 84th year.
Martha, wife of Jeremiah Fones, d. Dec. 2, 1764, in 88th year.
Exeter
^ Dawley Burial GroundI
Phebe, wife of William Dawley, d. Apr. 23, 1851, in 70th year.
WiUiam Dawley, d. May 25, 1836, aged 74 years, 8 months, 25 days.
Dawley-Sprague Burial GROUNot
Benjamin Dawley, d. Jan. 29, 1861, in 74th year.
Daniel Dawley, d. June 15, 1826, aged 74 years, 4 months, 4 days.
Hannah, wife of Daniel Dawley, d. Mar. 1, 1820, aged 58 years, 2 months,
9 days.
Ruhama, wife of Benjamin Dawley, d. Feb. 5, 1861, in 65th year.
Solomon Sprague, d. Feb. 19, 1884, aged 89 years, 11 months.
Susan, wife of Solomon Sprague, d. Mar. 26, 1861, aged 67 years, 8 months,
28 days.
THE ERSKINE FAMILY OF BRISTOL, ME.
By Frank Ernest Woodward of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
The Erskine families are numerous and wide-spread in Scotland.
According to Lower's "Dictionary of the Family Names of the United
Kingdom" the ancient and noble Scottish family bearing this sur-
name derived it from the barony of Erskine on the Clyde, in Ren-
frewshire, and the name was first assumed as a surname by Henry
of Erskine about the year 1220. The first of the name to attain
historical importance was Robert Erskine, who became Earl of Mar
in 1435, on the death of Alexander, the former Earl of Mar, without
issue. This Robert was a grandson of Isabella, Countess of Mar.
From that date until comparatively recent times this family has
been prominent in the military, political, and religious annals of
Scotland. Alexander Ferguson, biographer of Henry Erskine, Lord
Advocate of Scotland, states that ''there is scarcely a vicissitude
that can be named which has come upon any Scotch family that
has not befallen the Erskines, nor are there many of the great events
in the history of the land in which they have not borne conspicuous
parts."
The Erskine families that settled in New England in the eighteenth
century came from the province of Ulster in the north of Ireland,
and their ancestors, doubtless, were among the Scots who settled
there in the reign of James I of England. § Four men of this name
*At Newcomb's Station.
fA short distance north from the Baptist Church, Liberty.
JAbout a quarter of a mile west of the Dawley Burial Ground.
§Among the variants of the name Erskine are found in Scotland in the seventeenth century
the forms Irskyn and Areskine, while the early settlers of the name in New Enijland spelled it
Afikins or Askines.
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settled in Massachusetts prior to 1750, but only two of them had
numerous descendants. Christopher Erskine and his brother Robert
came to Massachusetts in 1719, in the earliest immigration from
Ireland, and settled in that part of the old town of Bridgewater
which is now the town of East Bridgewater. Robert's line became
extinct after the second generation, but there are many descendants
of Christopher scattered over New England, New York, and the
West. Alexander Erskine came to Boston in 1746, and a few years
later settled at Bristol in Maine, then a part of Massachusetts, his
elder brother Ninon joining him in Bristol a few years later. Of
Ninon Erskine's posterity only a single family bearing the surname
can now be found,* but the descendants of Alexander are numerous
and form the subject of this article. There is some evidence to
support the theory that the Bridgewater and Bristol famiUes were
related, although the two migrations were more than twenty-five
years apart.
According to the United States Census of 1790 there were several
Erskine famihes in central New York, but they cannot be traced
to New England ancestry. John Erskine, who was judge of the
United States District Court in Georgia from 1868 to 1883, was
born in co. Tyrone, Ireland, in 1813, and came to America with his
parents about 1820.
1. Alexander^ Erskine, the first of this surname to settle in
Maine, was of Scotch descent, his ancestors having crossed over
from Scotland and settled in the north of Ireland after the expul-
sion of the Roman CathoKc inhabitants. He was born at London-
derry, Ireland, about 1720, f and died at Bristol, Me., in 1784. Before
migrating to New England he married Elizabeth Butters, and
it is supposed that his two oldest children, Margaret and Sarah,
were born in Londonderry.
Alexander Erskine arrived in Boston, Mass., in 1746, and a few
years later went with Shem Drowne to Bristol, to aid in making a
survey of the claims of the Pemaquid Proprietors and to distribute
stores among the inhabitants. He decided to settle there, and
acquired a tract of land of about 1000 acres. Through his influ-
ence his elder brother, Ninon Erskine, came, not long afterwards,
to Bristol. As constable Alexander Erskine signed the warrant for
the first town meeting in Bristol, in 1766.
His land was situated on both sides of the Pemaquid River, the
house which he built being located just west of Biscay Pond and
near its outlet. In the immediate vicinity his six sons and three
daughters settled, on land which probably formed a part of his orig-
inal grant, and the locality has ever since been known as the
* 'Erskine neighborhood." At one time he was evidently a mill-
wright, utilizing the water power at Pemaquid Falls. On 16 June
1776 he sold to Richard Jones three-fourths of a gristmill called
"Arskin's Mills." On 26 June 1776 he sold to Ebenezer Cox, a
son-in-law, 400 acres. On 9 Sept. 1777 he sold to his son William,
• The descendants of Ninon Erskine will be given in the Addendum at the end of this article.
tHe deposed that in 1773 his age was about 50. (Report of the Massachusetts Commis-
sioners to investigate the Causes of the Difficulties in the County of Lincoln, 1811, p. 59.)
18 The Er shine Family of Bristol, Me. [Jan.
for £100, 400 acres of land on the west side of the Pemaquid River,
and later he disposed of the rest of his land to his other sons. His
youngest son, Robert Erskine, was appointed administrator of his
estate.
Children:
i. Margaret,^ b., probably in Londonderry, Ire., in 1743; d. in 1832,
aged 89 years; m. (1) McMurphy, who deserted her and
is said to have served in the Revolutionary War; supposing him
to be dead, she m. (2) 14 Apr. 1777 Roger Handly, b. in Ireland
in 1739, d. in Bristol in 1831, aged 92, who with his brother Patrick,
afterwards the husband of Margaret's sister Agnes (1, vi), had
come from co. Tipperary, Ire., a few years before. Child by
first husband: 1. Betsey, m. 2 Jan. 1803 Phillips Hatch, Jr. Chil-
dren by second husband: 2. Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1778; m. John
Hunter. 3. Margaret, b. 18 Mar. 1780; m. Henry McGuire,
4. Roger, b. 11 Jan. 1782, m. Mary Fitzgerald. 5. Mary, b.
22 Apr. 1784; d. unm. 6. John, h. 13 May 1786; m. 2 Oct. 1817
Sally Handly*; four children.f 7. Philip, b. 18 June 1788; m.
Sophia Fitzgerald. 8. Nancy, b. 20 Oct. 1790; m. 18 Nov. 1813
Thomas McGuire.
ii. Sarah, b., probably in Londonderry, Ire., about 1746; m. (1) in 1771
Capt. John Dickey, s. of John and Nancy (Patten) of Warren,
Me., b. in Scotland, lost at sea in 1773, Alexander Erskine being
appointed administrator of his estate 27 Sept. 1773; m. (2) 25
Dec. 1775, as his third wife, Ebenezer Cox, who d. in July 1795;
m. (3) Samuel Saunders of Bristol, an Englishman, whose two
daughters by a former wife both married Erskines.| Child
by first husband: 1. John, master mariner, b. 24 Aug. 1772;
lost at sea; m. in 1794 Margaret Jones, dau. of Richard;
seven children. § Children by second husband: 2. Alexander,
b. in 1776; m. (1) 30 Sept. 1802 Ruth Howland; m. (2) 16
Mar. 1813 Margaret Howland, sister of his first wife. 3. Robert,
b. in 1778; lost at sea; m. 27 May 1802 Jane Thompson, who
survived him and m. (2) 11 Nov. 1813 Reuben Dyer; two sons.
4. George, b. in 1779; went to sea and was never heard from. 5.
John, master mariner, b. 1 May 1781; lost at sea in July 1835;
m. (1) 14 July 1804 Cynthia Church, dau. of NathanieP and
Rebecca (Barstow); m. (2) 26 July 1812 Elizabeth Church, sister
of his first wife;|l three children by first wife and seven children
by second wife.1I
* This Sally Handly and the Patrick Handly who married Bridget Handly (see below, 1, vi, 9),
daughter of Patrick and Agnes (Erskine), were distant relatives of the two brothers, Patrick and
Roger Handly, who were among the early settlers of Bristol, Me. ; but they were of a later migration.
t The children of John and Sally (Handly) Handly were: 1. Mary, m. George Starrett. 2.
Margaret, m. William Fitzgerald. 3. Sarah, d. unm. 4. Dennis R., m. Anastasia Hazeltine.
% Vide infra, 16 and 18.
§ The children of John and Margaret (Jones) Dickey were: 1. Sarah, b. 12 May 1795. 2.
Elizabeth, b. 6 June 1797. 3. Thomas, b. 6 June 1799. 4. Margaret, b. 3 Mar. 1801; d. 25 Mar.
1802. 5. John, b. 31 Dec. 1804. 6. George, b. 15 May 1807. 7. William, of Fort Kent, Me., b.
26 June 1810. For Richard Jones and his family vide infra, p. 22, footnote.
II Nathaniel^ Church (Nathaniel, 5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel, 3 Nathaniel, 2 Richardi), born at
Scituate, Mass., 20 May 1755, died at Bristol, Me., whither he had removed soon after his marriage.
He married, 4 Apr. 1782, Rebecca Barstow, born in 1759, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Stud-
ley). He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Galen Clapp's company of Minute-
men, 19 Apr. 1775, and in Colonel Bailey's regiment in Dec. 1775. Children: 1. Rebecca, b. 12
Jan. 1783; m. 14 Feb. 1808 Amos Goudy, Jr. 2. Nathaniel, b. 2 Mar. 1785; m. 1 Feb. 1814 Jerusha
Bryant of Newcastle, Me. 3. Cynthia, b. 28 Feb. 1787; d. 5 Nov. 1811 ; m. 14 July 1804 John Cox.
4. Joseph, b. 5 Jan. 1789. 5. Jane, b. 21 July 1792; m. 6 Nov. 1808 Moses Kelley. 6. Elizabeth,
b. 23 Nov. 1794; m. 26 July 1812, as his second wife, John Cox. 7. Hirah, b. 24 Apr. 179'. . 8.
Marcia, b. 23 Feb. 1800. 9. Mary, b. 15 June 1803.
^ The children of John Cox by his first wife were: 1. John, b. 10 Apr. 1805; d. unm., having
been lost at sea with his father in July 1835. 2. Harriet, b. 21 Nov. 1808; m. Theodore Harrington.
3. Cynthia, b. 23 Oct. 1811; d. 5 Nov. 1811. His children by his second wife were: 4. Edwin, b.
23 Oct. 1813; d. 14 July 1815. 5. Hirah Church, b. 21 May 1817. 6. Elizabeth, b. 18 June 1820;
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2. iii. Alexander, b. at Salem, Mass., in 1749.
3. iv. William, b. at Bristol 27 June 1752.
4. V. John, b. at Bristol in 1754.
vi. Agnes, b. at Bristol 30 Nov. 1757; d. 7 Sept. 1845, aged 88 years;
m. 1 May 1777 Patrick Handly, who, with his brother Roger,
had come from eo. Tipperary, Ire., a few years before. Patrick
Handly d. at Bristol 9 Sept. 1812, aged 71 years. Children:
1. Robert, b. 4 Nov. 1777; lost at sea; m. 25 May 180G Ann Brown.
2. Mary, h. 22 Nov. 1779; m. 20 Feb. 1800 Capt. John Fossett.
3. Nancy, b. 6 Nov. 1781; m. 8 July 1801 George Russell. 4.
James, b. 20 Mar. 1784; d. 23 Mar. 1784. 5. Sally, b. 27 Jan.
1785; d. unm. 11 Nov. 1871. 6. Patrick, b. 3 Mar. 1787; d. unm.
10 Apr. 1868. 7. Michael, of Pittston, Me., b. 20 June 1789;
d. at Pittston 31 Aug. 1877; m. (1) (intention recorded 3 Oct.
1830) Sally Jones, who d. 9 Mar. 1833; m. (2) (intention recorded
30 Mar. 1834) Mary Howard; two children by first wife and five
children by second wife.* 8. Elizabeth, b. 5 July 1791; d. 21 Sept.
1830; m. (intention recorded 10 Jan. 1822) Capt. Benjamin East-
man of Pittston, Me., who d. 3 Sept. 1830. 9. Bridget, b. 24 Feb.
1794; m. 29 Dec. — Patrick Handly.f 10. John, h. 28 Dec.
1796; m. Ruth Hatch. 11. Thomas, b. 2 June 1799; d. unm.
11 Sept. 1868. 12. Margaret, b. 17 May 1803; d. unm. 5 Mar.
1824.
5. vii. George, b. at Bristol about 1758.
6. viii. David, b. at Bristol about 1759.
7. ix. Robert, b. at Bristol about 1761.
2. Capt. Alexander^ Erskine (Alexander^), of Bristol, Me.,
born at Salem, Mass., in 1749, where his mother was living
while her husband was preparing a home in Bristol, died at
Bristol 20 Feb. 1826. He married first, in 1782, Elizabeth
Borland, of Scotch ancestry, born in the north of Ireland,
died in 1792, sister of Capt. John Borland; and secondly, in
1793, Mary Poland, born 22 Feb. 1769, died 2 Apr. 1832.
When twenty-eight years of age he enlisted as a private in
Capt. Henry Hunter's company. Colonel Jones's regiment,
in the War of the Revolution. Later he joined the Continen-
tal Army, and served throughout the War. At one time he
served as General Washington's bodyguard. He was pen-
sioned by the Government for his services, and his pension
was continued to his widow. At the close of the War he
returned to Bristol, and for a while followed the sea, as master
of a vessel. On a voyage in 1784, with a cargo of lumber for
Boston, his sloop encountered a severe storm and was driven
ashore at Ipswich, Mass. Captain Erskine was obliged to
pay $150 to float the sloop, in addition to the cost of repairs,
and lost much of his cargo. The last years of his life were
spent on his farm at Bristol.
m. Uriah Woodward. 7. Augusta, b. 22 Apr. 1825; d. 24 May 1825. 8. Edwin Barstow, b. 11
Dec. 1826; unm. 9. Laura Ann, b. 5 July 1829; d. 29 July 1909; m. (1) 12 Aug. 1856 Capt. John
Woodward, who d. 16 Apr. 1863; m. (2) 19 June 1879 Capt. Moses Chase. 10. Francis Oscar,
b. 30 Dec. 1834.
• The children of Michael Handly by his first wife were: 1. Patrick, b. 28 Aug. 1831. 2. Sarah
Agnes, b. 9 Feb. 1833; m. William L. Tibbetts of Bristol. His children by his second wife were:
3. George Russell, b. 26 Dec. 1834. 4. Alfred, b. 3 Jan. 1837. 5. John F., b. 2 Sept. 1839. 6.
Mary, b. 3 June 1842. 7. Nancy E., b. 7 Aug. 1844.
t See footnote to 1, i, 6.
VOL. LXXIV. 2
20 The Ershine Family of Bristol, Me. [Jan.
Children by first wife, born at Bristol:
1. RoBEKT,3 b. 6 Nov. 1782; living in 1825, when his father's will was
made; lost at sea; m. at Bristol (intention recorded 21 Oct. 1809)
Nancy Poland. No record of children has been found.
ii. Mary, b. 21 July 1784; m. 2 Feb. 1809 Mark Feltis of Bristol,
who moved to Whitefield, Me., a few years after the marriage.
Children: 1. Margaret, m. William Townsend of Abington, Mass.
» 2. Sarah, m. George King of Whitefield. 3. A child,
iii. Alexander, b. 21 Feb. 1786; d. young.
8. iv. David, b. 1 Dec. 1788.
9. V. Joseph, b. 2 Sept. 1789. •
vi. Margaret Bryant, b. 6 Nov. 1791; d. young.
Children by second wife, born at Bristol:
10. vii. William, b. 3 Nov. 1793.
viii. Betsey, b. 19 Mar. 1796; m. (intention recorded 4 June 1824)
Rev. Charles Butters of Exeter, Me., s. of Charles and Mary
(Gragg) of Jaffrey, N. H., and Union, Me. They settled in
Exeter. Children:* 1. Alexander A., h. 5 Apr. 1826; m. 15 Jiine
1854 CaroHne R. Hill. 2. Simeon, b. 18 Feb. 1829; d. 4 Mar.
1830. 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. 4 Jan. 1831; m. (1) 1 Jan. 1850
Moses Rogers; m. (2) in 1865 Reuben Butters. 4. Charles, b.
7 Oct. 1833; d. 4 Jan. 1852. 5. Nancy Evans, b. 25 Sept. 1841;
m. 9 Feb. 1860 EHjah C. HiU.
ix. Nancy, b. 6 June 1797; d. in Troy, N. H., at the home of her dau.,
Mrs. Abigail Carter, 27 Oct. 1869; m. (1) in 1818 Daniel Rich-
ards, mariner, who d. at sea 10 Nov. 1821, s. of Lemuel and
Sarah (Bailey); m. (2) 8 Aug. 1823, as his second wife, Samuel
McCobb; m. (3) Benjamin Jones, from whom she separated and
resumed the name of McCobb. Children by first husband: 1.
Daniel, b. 20 Feb. 1819; d. 5 Oct. 1826. 2. Mary, b. 14 Aug.
1820; m. Rufus King of Whitefield, Me.. Children by second
husband: 3. Abigail, b. 22 Mar. 1824; m. in Bristol, 7 Dec. 1846,
Nathaniel Carter. 4. Betsey, b. 11 Aug. 1825. 5. Albert, d. unm.
6. Ruth, m. David Beals. 7. Lydia, m. Spear. 8. Dana,
m. .
11. X. Thomas, b. 16 Sept. 1799.
12. xi. Joshua Taylor, b. 18 Sept. 1801.
13. xii. John, b. 16 Aug. 1803.
14. xiii. Alexander, b. 5 June 1807.
15. xiv. Simon Elliot, b. 20 July 1809.
3. Willi AM^ Erskine (Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me., 27 June
1752, died 27 June 1800. He married at Bristol, in 1776,
Ruth Cox, born 21 July 1757, daughter of Ebenezer and
Lydia (Woodbury). She married secondly, 29 June 1806,
as his second wife, Christopher Erskine of Alna (then New
Milford), Me. He was a son of Christopher Erskine of
Abington, Mass., and had settled in Alna (then a part of
Pownalborough) in 1766. He was doubtless distantly related
to the Bristol family. For a while after marriage he and his
second wife remained in Bristol, but later they went to White-
field, Me., and lived with his son Christopher. Ruth (Cox)
(Erskine) Erskine died there 9 Dec. 1825, and was buried
in Bristol, beside her first husband.
WiUiam Erskine bought of his father, 9 Sept. 1777, 400
acres of land on the west side of the Pemaquid River, and
built a house there.
• Rev. Charles and Betsey (Erskine) Butters had also an adopted son, named Seth, b. in
Apr. 1827, d. in 1892.
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Children:
16. i. Alexander,' b. at Bristol 1 Feb. 1777.
ii. Lydia, b. in 1779; m. 24 Jan. 1799 Ja>ies McNear, Jr., mariner,
who was lost at sea in a storm, with his brother John, husband of
Lydia's sister Betsey, 1 Oct. 1829, s. of James and Jane (Erskine)
of Newcastle, Me.* Children: 1. Thomas, d. at sea. 2. Williamy
d. at the age 6f 15. 3. Robert, d. in Boston, Mass., aged 24.
4. James, m. Catherine Sidelinger; seven children. 5. David, d.
at Bristol; m. Hilton. 6. Alexander, served in the Civil
War. 7. Jane, d. unm. 8. Ruth. 9. Almira. 10. Mary Ann.
17. iii. John, b. at Bristol about 1780.
iv. Betsey, b. in 1783; m. 15 Nov. 1801 Capt. John McNear of
Newcastle, Me., b. 6 Mar. 1777, lost at sea in a storm, with his
brother James, husband of Betsey's sister Lydia, 1 Oct. 1829.
Capt. John McNear was in Dartmoor prison, Eng., for two years
in the War of 1812. Children: 1. Sarah, b. 15 Jan. 1803; lived
to old age; d. unm. at Wiscasset, Me. 2. James, of Wiscasset,
Me., b. 26 Sept. 1804; d. 9 Aug. 1857; m. (1) Rebecca Baker,
b. 5 Dec. 1802, d. 29 Oct. 1836, aged 33, dau. of Capt. Daniel
and Hannah (Hues) of Wiscasset (see Addendum to this article,
1, vi, footnote); m. (2) Sarah (Trundy) Tinkham, b. 24 Sept.
1803, d. 6 Mar. 1868, widow of Spencer W. Tinkham of Wiscasset.
3. Capt. John, of Wiscasset, Me., b. 22 Aug. 1806; d. 5 May 1875;
m. (1) Sarah Bailey; m. (2) Susan Greenleaf; m. (3) Emeline
Trevett; three children by first wife and one daughter by second
wife.f 4. Capt. Balder, b. 30 Dec. 1808; (i. at Winthrop, Mass.,
31 Aug. 1887; m. Mary Cook, b. in Boston, Mass., d. at Water-
town, Mass., 29 Dec. 1899, aged 84 years, 8 months, 9 days,
dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Hackett) ; four children. J 5. William,
of Wiscasset, Me., b. 23 Feb. 1811; d. of cholera at New Orleans,
La.; bur. at Wiscasset; m. Sarah Ann Young; five children.
6. George W., b. 18 Feb. 1813; d. unm. 26 Mar. 1842; bur. at
Wiscasset. 7. Christopher, b. 25 June 1815; m. Sarah ;
resided in California; two children. 8. Thomas H., b. 22 Mar.
1818; lost at sea; unm. 9. Robert, b. 26 Nov. 1820; d. 11 June
1836; bur. at Wiscasset, Me. 10. Elizabeth, b. 12 Nov. 1822; m.
Michael Henry Collins, who m. (2) Frances Boyd, dau. of Capt,
Thomas Boyd of Wiscasset, Me.; one child. 11. Capt. Wilson,
of Wiscasset, Me., b. 10 July 1824; m. Mary EHzabeth Kennedy
of Wiscasset; three children. 12. Hiram H., b. 12 Dec. 1826; resided
in California.
18. v. Ebenezer, b. at Bristol in 1784.
vi. Thomas, b. in 1787; d. at sea, unm.
19. vii. Henry, b. at Bristol 16 Dec. 1789.
viii. William, b. in 1792; d. at sea, unm.
20. ix. Robert, b. at Bristol 3 Jan. 1795.
21. X. James (twin), b. at Bristol 27 June 1798.
22. xi. Jonas W. (twin), b. at Bristol 27 June 1798.
4. JoHN^ Erskine (Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me., in 1754,
died probably soon after 26 Sept. 1800. He married (inten-
♦The James McNear who married Jane Erskine was a son of Capt. John and Mary (Shirley)
of Sheepscot (Newcastle), Me., for whom see Addendum to this article, 1, vi, footnote. Jane
Erskine was a daughter of Ninon Erskine of Bristol, brother of Alexander (1). See Addendum,
1, vi.
tChildren of Capt. John McNear by his first wife: 1. John Augustus, of Petaluma, Cal.,
now deceased, a prominent dealer in wheat. 2. George W., of San Francisco, Cal., now de-
ceased, known as the Grain King of the Pacific Coast. 3. Mary'Eliza, now deceased. Child by
second wife: 4. Josephine Greenleaf, living (1919) at Medford, Mass.; m. Capt. Alden C. Chaney,
master mariner, now deceased; three children.
JCapt. Baker McNear, master mariner and shipowner, held the controlling interest in many
wooden sailing ships, several of which were built at Belfast, Me., in the late sixties and early
seventies, and hailed from Boston, Mass. Captain McNear in his later years resided at Water-
town, Mass.
22 The Erskine Family of Bristolj Me. [Jan.
tion recorded 8 Dec. 1786) Elizabeth Jones, daughter of
Richard of Bristol.* She married secondly, in 1806, Ezra
Bowen of Union, , Me., who on 11 June 1806 caused to be
recorded a prenuptial document, in which he said that he
did not desire any of Elizabeth^s property, and, in case
he died, she was to have one-third of his property. He died
14 Feb. 1832. Elizabeth, his widow, returned to Bristol, and
passed the remainder of her days with her children by her
first husband.
It has been impossible to obtain a full record of John
Erskine's family. In the U. S. Census of 1790 he is credited
with one son and one daughter. In the Direct Tax of 1798
his name does not appear. He owned at one time 300 acres
of land on the east side of the Pemaquid River, but in 1795
sold it to his brother Robert. On 26 Sept. 1800 he bought
300 acres of land in the plantation of New Waterford, Me.
Children :t
i. William,' a soldier in the War of 1812.
ii. Priscilla, said to have settled in Chicago, 111.
iii, Margaret, b. in 1789; d. 29 May 1835, aged 46 years; m. 30 Mar.
1811 William Porterfield, b. in 1781, d. 19 Aug. 1858, aged
77 years, probably s. of Robert. Children: 1. Eliza, b. in 1817;
d. 29 Dec. 1825. 2. Margaret, h. in 1821; d. 25 Dec. 1825. 3.
Margaret Eliza, b. 6 July 1829; d. 21 May 1919, in her 90th year;
m. James Chandler Wilson, s. of Andrew and Mary of Bowdoin,
Me.; residence, Bristol; eight children.
5. George^ Erskine (Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me., about 1758,
died 11 Dec. 1851, aged 94 years. He married first, 2 Nov.
1788, Hannah Jones, who died about 1800, daughter of
Richard ;t and secondly, about 1802, Jane Richards, born
24 Aug. 1765, died 16 Feb. 1834, daughter of Erastus and
Betty (Doty).
On 15 Nov. 1782 George Erskine bought of his brother
Robert 120 acres of land on the east side of the Pemaquid
River. In 1798 he was taxed for 100 acres of land and a
dwelhng house.
Children by first wife:
i. Hannah,3 b. in 1789; m. 21 Oct. 1813 James Jones. Child: 1.
Hannah, b. 3 Nov. 1815; d. 3 Apr. 1876; m. (1) Simeon Jones;
m. (2), as his second wife, Elbridge Gerry Richards of Bristol. §
• Richard Jones, son of William (the first of the name to settle in Bristol) was born at Bally-
money, in the north of Ireland, and was very young when his father came to Bristol. He married
Betty Maloon. He owned the gristmill in the centre of the town known as "Jones's Mill." His
children were: 1. Michael, m. Mary Brackett. 2. Elizabeth, m. (1) John Erskine (4); m. (2) Ezra
Bowen of Union, Me. 3. Richard, a soldier of the Revolution, m. Ruth Bryant. 4. Catherine,
m. David Erskine (6). 5. Ebenezer, of Farmington, Me., m. Mary Bannister. 6. Hannah, m.
George Erskine (5). 7. William, a soldier of the Revolution, m. Abigail Bennett. 8. Robert, a
soldier of the Revolution, m. Sally Richards. 9. Margaret, m. (1) in 1794 Capt. John Dickey,
b. 24 Aug. 1772, lost at sea, s. of Capt. John and Sarah (Erskine) (1, ii); m. (2) in Strong, Me.,
■ Colyer. 10. John, d. unm. 11. Simeon, m. Mary Bryant,
tThe names of these children are given in a record kept by Elijah Philip Crooker of Bristol.
t Vide supra, footnote.
§Roxanna Jones, daughter of Simeon and Hannah (Jones), married, as his second wife, Levi
Bryant. Martha Washington Richards, daughter of Elbridge Gerry and Hannah (Jones) (Jones),
married Samuel F. Erskine (31), q. v.
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ii. John, b. 31 Mar. 1791; left town when a young man, and was never
heard from again.
iii. Richard, served in the War of 1812. George J. L. D. Erskine,
who d. at Portland, Me., 11 Nov. 1907, aged 72 years, 7 months,
"son of Richard and Hannah," was probably a son of this Richard
Erskine.
23. iv. George, b. at Bristol 20 Apr. 1794.
24. V. Alexander, b. at Bristol in 1796.
vi. Roger Handly, m. Maria McCobb; said to have settled in the
interior of Maine,
vii. Betsey, m. 5 July 1811 John Chapman, 4th, of Nobleborough,
Me. Children: 1. John F., m. Mary E. Campbell. 2. Mary,
m. William Childs.
viii. Jonas, m. ; settled somewhere in the interior of Maine.
Child by second wife:
ix. Margaret, b. in 1803; d. 10 June 1886; m. (intention recorded
20 Nov. 1826) her first cousin, John Erskine^ (13), q.v. Eleven
children.
6. David^ Erskine {Alexander^), of Bristol, Me., mariner, born at
Bristol about 1759, lived to a great age. He married Cath-
erine Jones, daughter of Richard.*
In middle life he was an extensive landowner. His resi-
dence was on the east side of the Pemaquid River, on land
originally granted to his father.
Children (order unknown) :
25. i. James,^ b. at Bristol.
26. ii. John, b. at Bristol in Jan. 1795.
27. iii. David, b. at Bristol in 1798.
iv. William, served in the War of 1812; left town when a young man,
and was never heard from again.
V. Margaret, m. Nathaniel Webb, Jr., of Newcastle, Me., b. 5
July 1799, s. of Nathaniel and Lydia (Tukey). Children: 1.
Albert S. 2. George W. 3. Matthew C. 4. Jane G., d. in 1850.
5. Mary L., m. Isaiah Chase of Harwich, Mass. 6. John, d. at
the age of 24. 7. Nathaniel. 8. Addie.
vi. Sarah, m. (1) Erastus Jones; m. (2) Robert Hull, b. in Ireland.
Child by first husband: 1. Robert, who took the surname Hull,
m. (intention recorded 1 Nov. 1851) his second cousin, Mahala
P.4 Erskine (23, vi), b. 19 Dec. 1832, d. 20 Feb. 1859, dau. of
George and Sarah (Perkins) of Bristol. Children by second hus-
band: 2. William. 3. John. 4. Samuel. 5. James. 6. Nancy.
7. Maria.
vii. Eunice, m. John Bates; settled in Avon, Me.
viii. Betsey, d. young.
7. Capt. Robert^ Erskine (Alexander^), born at" Bristol, Me.,
about 1761, died 5 Feb. 1827. He married, 21 Oct. 1800,
Margaret Maguire, who died 27 Dec. 1851, in her 79th
year, daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Tully), who settled
first at Boothbay, Me., but some years later exchanged farms
with Thomas Boyd of Bristol.
Robert Erskine was both a soldier and a sailor in the
Revolutionary War, and was in active service, for most of
the time on the sea, from 1776 until the close of the War.
The muster rolls at the State House in Boston show that he
enlisted as a private in Capt. Caleb Turner's company on
• Vide supra, p. 22, footnote.
24 The Erskine Family of Bristol^ Me. [Jan.
26 Mar. 1776 and again on 10 Sept. 1777; also as a lieutenant
on the privateer Lincoln Galley^ commanded by Capt. John
Curtis, on 19 Mar. 1781, serving 4 months and 4 days, but
tradition in his family says that he spent much of his time in
sea service. After the War, according to documents pubHshed
by the Maine Historical Society, he evidently did some pri-
vateering on his own account. He became later a successful
shipmaster and a large owner of real estate.
In the Direct Tax of 1798 he is recorded as having a dwell-
ing house valued at $120 and 300 acres of land, although not
then married. The dwelhng house was probably the home-
stead which he held in accordance with an agreement among
the heirs of his father that he should care for and maintain
his mother so long as she lived. Margaret, his widow, Uved
for a few years in Boston after Robert's death.
Children :
28. i. Robert,^ b. at Bristol 10 July 1801.
ii. Henry, b. 30 Aug. 1803^ d. 15 Oct. 1828.
iii. Margaret, b. 25 Oct. 1804; d. 12 Nov. 1886; m. 5 Sept. 1825
Thomas Kelley of New York City. Children: 1. Thomas Henrys
b. 8 Apr. 1829; d. at sea 19 Sept. 1846. 2. Margaret Anna, b.
28 Jan. 1832; d. 17 June 1851. 3. Alexander, b. 16 Apr. 1834;
lost at sea 25 Oct. 1853. 4. Robert John, b. 25 Feb. 1840; d. at
Brooklyn, N. Y., 9 Jan. 1908; m. late in life the widow of|his
first cousin, Henry* Erskine (28, ii), q.v., s. of Robert and Agatha
(Hatch), but was dirorced from her.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 6 Dec. 1806; d. unm. 3 Apr. 1846.
V. John F., b. 2 Oct. 1809; d. 13 Sept. 1849.
8. David^ Erskine {Alexander,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
1 Dec. 1788, died at Randolph, Me., 27 Apr. 1866. He married
Betsey (Waltz) Groton, who died 14 Jan. 1885, aged 83
years, 9 months, daughter of Benjamin Waltz of Noble-
borough, Me., and widow of John Groton.*
David Erskine was a soldier in the War of 1812. He settled
in that portion of Pittston, Me., which later was incorporated
as Randolph.
Children :
i. William Groton,* b. 27 Jan. 1825; d. unm. 23 Oct. 1878.
ii. Alexander, of Whitefield, Me., b. 14 Aug. 1831; d. unm.
iii. Andrew Jackson, of Randolph, b. 12 Oct. 1834; living at Gardiner,
Me., in 1918; m. 12 Jan. 1862 Margaret M. King. Child:
1. Ella Frances,^ b. 15 Nor. 1863; m. at Augusta, Me., 9 Nov.
1880, Everett E. Brookings.
9. Joseph^ Erskine {Alexander,'^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
2 Sept. 1789, died at Wiscasset, Me., 15 July 1856. He
married first (intention recorded 11 Dec. 1817) Rhoda House
of Bristol, who died in 1828 or 1829; and secondly, in 1830,
Mary Chaney, born in 1801, died in 1870, daughter of Ralph
of Wiscasset. At the time of his first marriage he was a
resident of Whitefield, Me., and was living there as late as
1824; but the farm on which he spent the last years of his
life was located on the Une between Wiscasset and Alna,
• She had two sons by her first husband, John Groton, viz., William and Benjamin.
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Me., a part being in each town. It came with his second
marriage.
Joseph Erskine served on the Canadian border in the War
of 1812, although his name does not appear in the pubHshed
muster rolls. The writer has in his possession a letter written
by Joseph Erskine to his father, while he was serving with
his regiment at Sacket Harbor, N. Y.
Children by first wife:
i. Thomas,* teamster, b. 7 Jan. 1820; d. at Everett, Mass., 17 Aug.
1891; m. at Roxbury, Mass., 1 Jan. 1856, Lydia M. Dunton,
dau. of Benjamin. When a young man he went to Boston,
Mass., and settled in the suburb of Roxbury. Children: 1. Willie,^
b. 2 May 1858; d. 21 May 1868. 2. Everett, b. 26 Aug. 1859.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 16 Sept. 1821; d. at Maiden, Mass., 10 Apr. 1903;
m. (1) in Dec. 1841 William H. Achorn, who went to California
in 1849 and d. at Sacramento, Cal., 23 Aug. 1852; m. (2) N. B.
Haynes of Lincoln, Mass. Children by first husband. 1. Myra
Woodward, b. 1 Sept. 1844; m. 21 June 1866 Alexander B. Weeks.
2. Caroline Carleton, b. 6 Jan. 1846; m. 16 June 1869 Henry
Sawyer. 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. 2 May 1848; m. 10 Sept. 1883
Frank H. Converse of Newcastle, Me. ; no children.
iii. David, b. in 1823; m. 3 Sept. 1848 Angelina Downing, dau. of
John and Jane of Roxbury, Mass. He followed his brother to
Roxbury. Children: 1. Adelaide,^ b. 3 Apr. 1849; m. in Boston,
Mass., 24 Oct. 1867, James Snow, Jr. 2. James T., b. 14 Jan.
1851; d. 26 Apr. 1881; m. in Boston, Mass., 21 Jan. 1871, May
Maude Wayne, who had been previously married and who m. (3)
in Boston, 3 June 1882, Charles H. Smith of Jacksonville, 111.
3. Frederick Alonzo, b. 26 June 1852; d. 7 Dec. 1889; m. 29 Oct.
1882 Julia P. Proctor of Boston, Mass.; three children. 4. Jenny,
b. 11 Aug. 1861.
iv. Abbie, b. at Whitefield in 1826; d. in Boston, Mass., 19 Nov. 1884;
m. in Bristol (intention recorded 4 Sept. 1847) Joseph B. Hall of
Nobleborough, Me., boat builder, who d. at Damariscotta, Me., in
1912. They Hved at Nobleborough until 1860, when they moved
to Quincy, Mass. Children: 1. Mary Frances, b. 13 Feb. 1850; m.
at Quincy John Pierce. 2. William Chase, h. 5 Feb. 1852. 3. John
Alton, b. 5 Sept. 1855. 4. George Ansel, b. 5 Sept. 1857. 5.
Edward Melvin, h. at Quincy 21 Feb. 1865; d. 3 Feb. 1866.
Children by second wife :
V. Joseph, b. in 1831; a soldier in the Civil War; d. in Libby Prison,
Richmond, Va., in May 1864.
vi. Susan Crocker, b. 22 Sept. 1834; m. at Wiscasset, 25 Dec. 1855,
Elbridge Blagdon. Children: 1. Florence, b. 28 Oct. 1856;
d. 30 Aug. 1881. _ 2. Mary Elizabeth, b. 15 July 1860; living in
Brookline, Mass., in 1918.
vii. James, b. in 1837; a soldier in the Civil War; killed in the Battle
of Williamsburg (Va.) 6 May 1862.
viii. Samuel Blaslin, of Wiscasset, hotel keeper, b. in Nov. 1844;
d. in Boston, Mass., 15 May 1880; m. 19 Dec. 1871 Hattie M.
FoYE, dau. of Philip and Isabella K. (Quinnam) of Wiscasset.
She m. (2) 8 Dec. 1881 Thomas Wiseman of Newcastle, Me.,
and was living in California in 1917. Children: 1. Joseph Seavey,^
b. in 1872; d. in 1873. 2. Lillian Belle, b. 1 June 1873. 3. Joseph
Foster, b. 11 June 1874; living at Wiscasset in 1919. 4. Willard
Everett, b. in 1878; d. in 1881.
10. William^ Erskine (Alexander,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol,
Me., 3 Nov. 1793, died there 31 Dec. 1843. He married at
26 The Erskine Family of Bristolj Me. [Jan.
Bristol (intention recorded 13 Feb. 1818) Tamsin Richards,
born 3 Apr. 1795, died 31 May 1865, daughter of Lemuel and
Sarah (Bailey).
In 1816 William Erskine bought 30 acres of land on the
east side of Pemaquid Pond of Alexander^ Erskine (16),
which he sold in 1818. In 1820 he bought land in Whitefield,
Me., which he sold in 1823. He probably Uved there a few
years. In 1830 he was Kving at Pittston, Me., but he prob-
ably returned later to Bristol, as both he and his wife are
buried there.
Children :
i. Emeline E.,4 b. in May 1819; d. s. p. 26 Sept. 1863; m. 12 Nov.
1850, as his second wife, her second cousin, Joseph Poland*
Erskine (23, ii), g. v., b. 4 Oct. 1823, d. 23 Sept. 1874. His first
wife was her sister Tamsin (see below).
ii. Sarah Jane, b. in Nov. 1821 ; d. 24 Apr. 1842.
iii. Tamsin, b. in 1824; d. s. p. 19 May 1849; m. 11 Sept. 1846 her second
cousin, Joseph Poland* Erskine (23, ii), q. v., b. 4 Oct. 1823,
d. 23 Sept. 1874.
29. iv. Simon, b. either at Whitefield or Pittston, Me., in Aug. 1827.
V. Barbara, b. 16 Jan. 1830; d. 21 Sept. 1830.
vi. Stephen Girard, b. in Jan. 1832; d. 24 Oct. 1851.
11. Thomas^ Erskine (Alexander,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol,
Me., 16 Sept. 1799, died 12 Oct. 1826. He married, 25 Dec.
1823, being then of Whitefield, Me., Barbara Richards,
daughter of Lemuel and Sarah (Bailey) and sister of Tamsin
Richards, who married his brother, William Erskine (10).
Barbara (Richards) Erskine married secondly, 24 Dec. 1827,
Rev. John Batchelder of Bristol, and had by him nine
children.*
Children :
i. Lemuel R.,* b. 3 Oct. 1824; went to Australia.
ii. Thomas A. (twin), b. 26 May 1826.
iii. Mary P. (twin), b. 26 May 1826; d. young.
12. Joshua Taylor^ Erskine (Alexander,^ Alexander^), born at
Bristol, Me., 18 Sept. 1801, died 31 Jan. 1882. He married,
in 1830, Mary Place, born 4 May 1801, died 4 June 1869.
He Uved at Bremen, Me., until 1839, when he moved to
Exeter, Me.
Children :
i. Mary Folger^ (twin), b. 17 July 1831; m. 12 Mar. 1852 William
Flint. Two sons, one daughter.
ii. Mehitable Place (twin), b. 17 July 1831; m. 31 Dec. 1857 Charles
JossELYN. No children.
iii. Clara, b. 12 June 1834; m. 30 Mar. 1854 Sanborn French.
iv. Adeline, b. 15 Mar. 1836; m. 9 Nov. 1861 Hiram Race. No
children.
* Rev. John Batchelder, who married Mrs. Barbara (Richards) Erskine, was a Methodist
minister in Bristol for a number of years, and was settled over both the Bristol and the Round
Pond churches. His children were: 1. Ann B., b. 28 Feb. 1829; m. 8 Apr. 1854 William Grant.
2. John W., b. 26 Dec. 1830; settled in California. 3. Sarah J., b. 26 Apr. 1833; d. 8 Oct. 1857;
m. 28 Apr. 1856 Capt. Melville C. Erskine (33, ii), q. v. 4. Benjamin F., b. 27 Aug. 1834; d. young.
5. Mary E., b. 18 Apr. 1837; m. (1) 5 Sept. 1858 Abram Palmer; m. (2) James Wood. 6. Susan
M., b. 26 Oct. 1838. 7. Chester W., b. 26 Mar. 1840. 8. Enos R., b. 3 Aug. 1844. 9. Daniel F.,
b. 19 May 1847.
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V. Charles, b. 21 Feb. 1839; d. young.
vi. Ellen, b. 13 Apr. 1841 ; m. 6 Apr. 1862 Aaron Wesley Stevens.
vii. Charles A., b. 6 Apr. 1843; d. unm. 9 Sept. 1910.
viii. Julia, b. 28 Dec. 1848; d. unm. 4 Apr. 1865.
13. JoHN^ Erskine {Alexander,'^ Alexander^), of Bristol, Me., born
at Bristol 16 Aug. 1803, died in 1895. He married (intention
recorded 20 Nov. 1826) his first cousin, Margaret^ Erskine
(5, ix), q.v., born in 1803, died 10 June 1886.
Children :
i. Elizabeth J.,* d. 26 June 1893; m. in Bristol (intention recorded
3 July 1848) her first cousin, Simon* Erskine (29), q. v., of Bristol,
b. in Aug. 1827, d. 17 Sept. 1892, s. of William and Tamsin
(Richards).
ii. Emily C, d. 6 Mar. 1913; m. 28 Nov. 1857 her second cousin,
Solomon Trask* Erskine (27, iii), q. v., of Bristol, b. 8 May
1830, d. 3 Mar. 1900, s. of David and Maria (Trask).
iii. Margaret, d. young.
iv. Alexander, d. young.
V. Roger, d. young.
vi. A child, d. young.
vii. John Harvey, d. unm. 21 Jan. 1863. He served in the Civil War
as a private in Co. I, 21st Maine Infantry.
viii. Mary, unm.
ix. Tamsin, m. 5 Dec. 1872 John Smith of Bath, Me. No children.
30. X. Elbridge Gerry, b. at Bristol 4 Aug. 1844.
31. xi. Samuel F., b. at Bristol 30 May 1846.
14. Alexander^ Erskine (Alexander,^ Alexander^) ^ of Bristol and
Damariscotta, Me., born at Bristol 5 June 1807, died at
Damariscotta about 1858. He married at Bristol, in 1833,
Catherine Bryant, who died in Boston, Mass., 19 Apr.
1877, aged 67.
Children:
i. Clementina,* b. 3 Dec. 1834; m. at Thomaston, Me., Robert
Robinson. Residence, Damariscotta. Children: 1. Elizabeth.
2. Charles. 3. Thomas C. 4. Minnie. 5. John.
ii. Margaret, b. 22 Feb. 1837; m. at Thomaston, Me., Jacob East-
man. Residence, Belfast, Me. Children: 1. Adella. 2. Benjamin.
3. Anne. 4. Ulysses.
iii. Charles, of Damariscotta, b. 2 Oct. 1838; living at Everett, Mass.,
in 1919; m. 8 July 1865 Martha Hiscock, dau. of Joseph and
Mary (Stetson) of Damariscotta. Children: 1. Josephine,^ b. 25
Sept. 1867. 2. Elizabeth, h. 12 June 1877.
iv. William Taylor, of Damariscotta, b. 4 Mar. 1841; d. 18 Apr.
1917; m. (1) in Boston, Mass., 18 June 1863, Zoa Barstow, b.
25 Oct. 1840, d. 5 July 1888, dau. of James and Mary (Fhnt);
m. (2) in Boston, 29 Sept. 1890, Mrs. Elvina (Jones) Harring-
ton, dau. of Emery and Nancy Jones. Children: 1. William
Henry, ^ h. 29 Aug. 1865; m. Jennie Burnham. 2. Jessie Frances,
b. 28 July 1868; m. 24 Dec. 1889 Theodore L. Clark; residence,
East Hartford, Conn. 3. Mary Katherine, b. 11 Aug. 1871; m.
Frank Leon Wheeler. 4. Elmyra Alice, b. 17 Nov. 1875; m.
Homer D. Thrasher. 5. Wilder Kimball, b. 11 Oct. 1879; d. 2
Oct. 1889.
V. Josephine, b. 23 May 1843; m. in Boston, Mass., 5 Sept. 1871,
Leroy N. Kimball, b. at Bradford, Mass., s. of William N. and
Priscilla. Residence, Boston. No children.
vi. Ruth Ann, b. 28 Apr. 1845; m. at Damariscotta, 23 Apr. 1863,
Samuel F. Barstow. Residence, Damariscotta. Children: 1.
28 The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. [Jan.
Delia, b. 18 Sept. 1865; m. 11 June 1887 George Tomlinson.
2. Newhall, b. 28 Mar. 1870. 3. Efie, b. 1 Aug. 1873. 4. James,
b. 8 Apr. 1878; m. Kate Hilton.
vii. Mary Jane, b. 29 Dec. 1848; m. at Thomaston, Me., Oscar Glo yd.
Residence, Thomaston. Children: 1. Carrie. 2. Lizzie. 3. Oscar.
viii. Sarah Frances, b. 11 June 1851; d. at Thomaston, Me., at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Gloyd; m. in Boston, Mass., Porter
Newhall. Residence, Boston. Child: 1. Leroy, of New York City.
15. Simon Elliot^ Erskine (Alexander,^ Alexander^), bom at
Bristol, Me., 20 July 1809, died at Brockton, Mass., 20 Mar.
1882. He married, 31 Dec. 1833, Irene McCobb, born 14
Jan. 1814, died in Boston, Mass., 19 Mar. 1885, daughter
of Capt. Samuel and Abbie (Loud).
Simon Elliot Erskine resided on the old homestead in
Bristol until 1847, when the place was sold to Weeks,
and he moved to Massachusetts.
Children:
i. Mary Louisa,* b. 5 Feb. 1835; d. 30 May 1888; m. (intention
recorded 19 Sept. 1854) Alden A. Day of Damariscotta, Me.;
removed to Hastings, Minn. Children: 1. Frances Lillian, b.
22 Aug. 1855. 2. Everett Leslie, b. 9 Mar. 1857; d. 27 Aug. 1857.
3. George Washington, b. 7 May 1859; d. 5 Jan. 1865. 4. Mary
Grace, b. 28 Apr. 1860. 5. Ahhie Ella, b. 12 Oct. 1862.
ii. Barbara Batchelder, b. 24 Sept. 1837; m. at Abington, Mass.,
25 Nov. 1863, Isaiah Cushman, s. of Levi and Betsey of Sumner,
Me. Children: 1. Charlotte A., h. 22 Aug. 1864; d. 22 Aug. 1865.
2. Charles A., b. 16 Dec. 1865. 3. George E., h. 3 Jan. 1869.
4. Horace C, b. 22 Feb. 1872.
lii. Caroline Thayer, b. 10 Dec. 1839; d. 23 Aug. 1842.
iv. Sarah Frances, b. 30 Apr. 1842; living at Whitman, Mass., in
1919; m. in Boston, Mass., 2 Feb. 1887, John W. Pask of Bath,
Me., b. in England, d. at Bath 3 Sept. 1894. No children.*
V. Lewis Washburn, of Newcastle, Me., b. 25 Sept. 1845; m. (1) at
Winchester, Mass., 29 Mar. 1876, Margaret Pierce, from whom
he was divorced, dau. of Sewall and Margaret; m. (2) at New-
castle Jennie Haggett. Children by first wife: 1. Mary Lincoln,^
b. 21 July 1877; d. 28 June 1879. 2. Celia Thaxter, h. 29 Aug.
1880; m. Maudant; residence, Cliftondale, Mass.
vi. Nathan Carter, b. 3 Oct. 1847; m. at Winchester, Mass., 22 Jan.
1878, Mary E. Goodwin, dau. of Marchant and Isabella, formerly
of Nova Scotia. He Uved at Winchester for several years, then
moved to Cliftondale, Mass., and in 1906 removed to Hoquiam,
Wash. Children: 1. Adaline C.,' b. 22 Jan. 1879; m. 1 Aug. 1900
Edward L. Lawrence. 2. Irene /., b. 22 Dec. 1882; d. 2 Feb.
1887. 3. Charlotte C, b. 24 June 1891.
vii. Ambrose Blunt, b. at Bremen, Me., 1 Aug. 1850; d. unm. at
Winchester, Mass., 27 Sept. 1875.
viii. Caroline Estella, b. 16 Sept. 1853; d. unm. 13 July 1874.
16. Alexander^ Erskine {William,'^ Alexander^), of Bristol, Me.,
born at Bristol 1 Feb. 1777, died 19 Sept. 1838. He married,
18 Dec. 1800, Sarah Saunders, born 5 July 1782, died 12
Aug. 1838, daughter of Samuel and sister of the wife of Alex-
ander's brother Ebenezer (18).
His land was situated on both sides of the Pemaquid River,
but his house was on the east side.
•Mrs. Pask has been of great service to the compiler of this article in furnishing information
regarding the early Erskine families.
1920] The Erskine Family of Bristoly Me, 29
Children:
32. i. William,*. b. at Bristol 17 Jan. 1804.
ii. Samuel, b. 28 May 1806; d. at Bristol 23 Feb. 1837; m. 23 Dec.
1832 Mary Cushman, who m. (2) 25 Jan. 1843 Charles Jones
and had three children by him. Child: 1. Wesley C,^ a private
in Co. G, 15th Maine Infantry.
iii. Jane, b. and d. 22 Oct. 1807.
33. iv. Wilson, b. at Bristol 27 Sept. 1808.
V. Clarissa, b. 4 July 1810; d. s. p. 11 Dec. 1833; m. 19 May 1831
William Baker, s. of Andrew and Jerusha (Boynton) of Bristol.
He m. (2) 17 Sept. 1834 Almira (Houdlette) Stilphin of Dresden,
Me., by whom he had several children.
vi. Alexander, of Lewiston, Me., b. 20 May 1812; d. at Lewiston
19 Dec. 1874; m. (1) in 1835 Adeline Cushman, b. 17 June 1809,
d. 3 Dec. 1857; m. (2) 2 Nov. 1858 Mrs. (Cushman)
Gilmore, sister of his first wife. Child by first wife: 1. Mary
Frances,^ m. at Lewiston, 22 Oct. 1868, Edwin Morse; residence,
Boston.
vii. Sarah, b. 6 July 1814; d. 6 Oct. 1839; m. 17 June 1836 Rev. Alonzo
Barnard. Child: 1. Samuel, b. 1 Feb. 1837; d. 18 Sept. 1861.
viii. Arthur, b. 20 Mar. 1817; d. unm. at Bristol 30 Sept. 1895.
ix. Harriet, b. 2 Apr. 1819; d. 7 Nov. 1836.
X. Mary Ann, b. 5 July 1823; d. 16 Jan. 1909; m. Norman Richards,
b. 30 Aug. 1820, d. at South Pueblo, Colo., 27 Mar. 1895, s. of
Archibald. In 1858 he went West and remained for a year or two
at La Crosse, Wis. In 1860 he moved to Denver, Colo., and in
1880 to South Pueblo. Children: 1. Adelbert E., of Pueblo, Colo.,
b. in Boston, Mass., 20 Apr. 1847; m. ; eight children. 2.
Alonzo.
17. JoHN^ Erskine {William,'^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
about 1780, died at Jefferson, Me., 12 Nov. 1862, aged 83.
He married, 2 Oct. 1806, Margaret Bryant, who died 11
Dec. 1865, aged 77.
In Jan. 1806 he bought one-third of a sawmill in Ballstown,
afterwards Jefferson, on the west side of the west branch of
the Sheepscot River. He also bought land and built a house,
in which he lived for the remainder of his life.
Children :
i. Alexander,* b. 18 June 1808; enhsted in 1861, being then of George-
town, Me. . in the 1st Maine Battery, served for about a year, and
d. in the South; m. 10 May 1834 Hannah Lull Dow of Jefferson,
b. 27 Jan. 1818. He lived at Pittston, Me., until 1844. Children:
1. Lloyd Quimhy,^ b. 3 Jan. 1835; m. at Wiscasset, Me. (intention re-
corded 3 Feb. i860), Sarah A. Savage; served in the Civil War as
a private in Co. G, 28th Maine Infantry. 2. Julia Maria, b.
16 Mar. 1837. 3. Caroline Dow, b. 1 Sept. 1839; m. 22 June
1861 James Grover, Jr., of Wiscasset, Me. 4. Fdir field, b. 21
Feb. 1841; served in the Civil War as a private in Co. G, 4th
Maine Infantry. 5. Edward Alexander, b. 6 Sept. 1842; d. 4
Sept. 1843. 6. Rebecca Ahbie, b. 25 Dec. 1843; d. in Sept. 1844.
7. John Franklin, b. 7 Mar. 1845; d. at Detroit, Mich. 8. Alex-
ander Edward, b. 15 Nov. 1847; living at Towle, Cal., in 1918.
9. Mary Ellen, b. 23 Apr. 1849; hving at Portland, Oreg., in 1918.
10. Abbie Rebecca, b. 31 Mar. 1850; m. Simpson. 11.
Cyrus Henry, b. 11 Mar. 1852. 12. Isaac Austin, b. 16 Feb.
1855; d. at Towle, Cal. 13. Clara Belle, b. 30 Mar. 1857; living
in Oregon in 1918. 14. Sewall Rogers, b. 31 July 1858.
ii. Mary, b. in 1810; d. in 1893; m. (intention recorded in Dec. 1833)
Otis Doe of Whitefield, Me. Residence, Windsor, Me. Child:
1. George, killed in the Civil War.
30 The Erskine Family of Bristoly Me. [Jan.
iii. Ruth, b. in 1812; d. in 1895; m. Milton Notes of Windsor, Me.,
and resided there. Children: 1. Rebecca. 2. Ahhie. 3. John. 4.
Fred. 5. Mary. 6. Allen.
iv. Cyrus, b. in 1814; removed to the West and d. unm. in California.
V. A SON, b. in 1816; d. in infancy.
vi. Lydia, b. 10 Sept. 1818; d. 18 Jan. 1903; m. (1) Isaac B. Doe, b.
14 Oct. 1819, d. 1 Feb. 1852; m. (2) Nicholas Orff, b. 21 May
1816, d. 31 Aug. 1907. Residence, Waldoborough, Me. Child by
first husband: 1. Ella Frances, b. 11 Feb. 1846; d. 26 Sept. 1847.
Child by second husband: 2. Ella M., b. 9 Aug. 1860; m. 10 Feb.
1889 Edward M. Wight of Belfast, Me.; residence, Waldoborough,
Me.
vii. Christopher, b. in 1820; m. at Pittston, Me. (intention recorded
8 Nov. 1845), Mary Bowden; served in the Civil War. Children:
1. Leonora,^ b. at Pittston 14 Jan. 1846. 2. Alfred. 3. George.
4. Clara. Possibly others.
viii. John, b. in 1822; d. in the West; m. at Pittston, Me. (intention re-
corded 13 Dec. 1845), Sarah Cole, who d. 30 Aug. 1846, aged
23. After his wife's death he went West.
ix. Margaret, b. in 1826; d. in 1902; m. 25 July 1852 Samuel Everett
Weeks of Jefferson. They resided a few years at Jefferson,
and then moved to Waldoborough, Me. Children: 1. Lottie.
2. Frederick. 3. William. 4. Abbie. 5. Edward. 6. Pauline, m.
in 1892 Dr. S. C. Pierpont of Washington, Me.
X. Abbie C, d. in Whitefield, Me.; m. (intention recorded 3 May
1857) George W. Carleton of Whitefield, where they resided
for the greater part of their lives. Children: 1. John, b. in Feb.
1858; went to Arizona and m. there. 2. Annie, h. 12 Aug. 1859;
m. George M. Allen; one son.
xi. William Penn, m. 9 Jan. 1850 Betsey Bowden; resided at White-
field and Windsor, Me. Children: l.Mayo,^ enlisted in the 2d
Maine Cavalry, and d. at Pensacola, Fla. 2. William Henry,
went West, and d. at Rumford, Oreg. 3. Herbert. 4. Cora,
m. Simmons. 5. Nora, m. Stackhouse. 6. John
Noyes, of Augusta, Me., b. 30 Nov. 1858. 7. Frank Bowden,
of Piqua, Ohio.
xii. Pauline, b. in 1840; d. s.p. at Washington, Me., at the home of her
niece, Mrs. S. C. Pierpont, 18 May 1914; m. David Henry
PuLSiFER of Pittston, Me. They lived at Whitefield, Me., for
a few years, and then moved to Waldoborough, Me.
18. Ebenezer^ Erskine {William,^ Alexander^), of Bristol, Me.,
born at Bristol in 1784, died 8 May 1835. He married, 15
Dec. 1808, Jane Saunders, who died 4 June 1853, aged 73
years, daughter of Samuel and sister of the wife of Ebenezer's
brother Alexander (16).
Children:
i. Jane,4 b. in 1809; d. 16 Aug. 1836.
ii. James, b. in 1811; d. young.
iii. Henry, b. in 1813; d. 13 Feb. 1839.
iv. Ebenezer, b. in 1815; d. 25 Jan. 1839.
V. Ruth Ann (twin), b. in 1817; d. 25 Mar. 1846.
vi. William (twin), b. in 1817; d. unm. 9 Feb. 1896.
vii. Thaes, b. in Oct. 1819; m. (intention recorded 29 Sept. 1849) Gates
H. Sproul. Children: 1. William Erskine, b. in Aug. 1850; d.
in Dec. 1872. 2. Ella Jane, b. 30 Mar. 1852. 3. Henry A., b. in
1855. 4. Albert C, b. in Jan. 1859.
viii. Sarah Reed, b. 4 Oct. 1821; d. 5 Mar. 1900; m. in 1842 James W.
Partridge of Pemaquid, Me. Children: 1. Ebenezer Henry,
b. 30 Jan. 1844; d. 22 Oct. 1846. 2. Jane Elizabeth, b. 19 Oct.
1846; d. 10 June 1895. 3. Clara Frances, b. 7 Mar. 1852. 4.
James Erskine, b. 1 Sept. 1854. 5. William Penn, b. 13 Nov.
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1856. 6. Henry Clark, b. 21 Apr. 1859. 7. Fred Albert, b. 21 Apr.
1862. 8. Julius Lincoln, b. 8 Nov. 1864; d. 23 Nov. 1907.
19. Henry^ Erskine {William,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
16 Dec. 1789, died 16 Feb. 1857. He married, 26 Nov. 1813,
Mary House, b. 18 Jan. 1794, died 16 Feb. 1870.
Children :
i. Joshua," b. 1 Sept. 1814; d. 17 July 1841.
ii. Thomas, school-teacher, b. 27 Nov. 1816; m. (intention recorded
23 Mar. 1844) Charlotte McFarland. Children: 1. Thomas,^
lost at sea. 2. Eugene, non compos mentis.
iii. Mary, b. 21 June 1818; m. in 1838 Joseph Hilton of Bremen, Me.
Children: 1. Mary A., b. 24 Feb. 1839. 2. Ahhy E., b. 5 Nov.
1840. 3. William H., b. 16 Apr. 1842. 4. Joseph E., b. 31 Dec.
1844; killed in the Civil War, 18 Mar. 1865. 5. Clara E., b. 19
Aug. 1847.
iv. Abigail, b. 22 Apr. 1820; m. 15 Sept. 1861, as his third wife, Rev.
Nathan Webb of Georgetown, Me., who d. at Searsmont, Me.
No children.
V. Andrew, b. 18 Feb. 1824; d. 27 Apr. 1902; m. Adelaide Perry
of Rockland, Me., b. 18 Apr. 1838, d. 4 Feb. 1914, dau. of Capt.
Job, Jr., and Maria (Butler) of Rockland. He settled at Rock-
land, and was a captain in the 21st Maine Infantry in the Civil
War. Children: 1. Maria Farrand,^ b. 30 Oct. 1857; d. 17 Mar.
1892. 2. Oscar Perry, b. 23 Mar. 1860; d. 29 Dec. 1910. 3.
Carolyn Little, b. 2 Dec. 1861. 4. Charles Mallard (twin), b.
27 Mar. 1869; d. 1 Nov. 1900. 5. Celia Maynard (twin), b. 27
Mar. 1869; d. 13 Jan. 1875. 6. Luella Snow, b. 7 Aug. 1870;
d. 2 June 1894. 7. Alice Chase, b. 6 July 1872.
vi. RuFUS, b. 22 Jan. 1825; went to California and d. there unm.
vii. William Henry, b. 19 Apr. 1827; d. 28 Dec. 1896; m. (1) Mart
M. Pierce, who d. at South Thomaston, Me., 30 Jan. 1859, dau.
of Capt. Jacob and Mary L.; m. (2) Margaret J. Robbins, who
d. 21 Jan. 1908. He went to California. Child by first wife: 1.
Frederick,^ b. in 1856; m. (1) at Chelsea, Mass., 8 Sept. 1880,
Lizzie E. Gerrish; m. (2) at Hopkinton, Mass., 3 July 1888, Mrs.
Lillie A. Brown; resides somewhere in the Middle West; five
children. Children by second wife: 2. Mabel G., b. 1 May 1870;
d. 3 Feb. 1880. 3. W. Raymond, of Rockland, Me., b. 9 May
1872; m. Josephine Edna Ray.
viii. LucRETiA, b. 14 Aug. 1832; d. at Everett, Mass., 5 Feb. 1898; m.
at Bristol, 1 Mar. 1849, Joseph Reed Partridge, who d. in
Boston, Mass., 24 Mar. 1899, s. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bracket).
They lived at Bristol until 1889, when they moved to Massa-
chusetts. Children: 1. Mary E., b. 22 Feb. 1850. 2. Clara B.,
b. 6 Oct. 1852; m. Weston of Bremen, Me. 3. Franks
b. 22 Feb. 1855. 4. Albert R., b. 5 Feb. 1868.
20. Robert^ Erskine {William,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
3 Jan. 1795, died 14 Feb. 1854. He married at Bristol, 11
Aug. 1824, Judith Staples, born at Poland, Me., 1 Mar.
1804, died 11 Mar. 1889, daughter of Luke and Elizabeth
(Cox).
Robert Erskine lived in Waldo, Me., until 1833, when he
moved to Belmont, Me., to that section which was set off in
1855 and incorporated as Morrill. He served in the War of
1812.
Children:
i. Ann Elizabeth,* b. 26 July 1826; d. at San Diego, Cal., 7 Feb.
1914; m. 1 Jan. 1845 Samuel McCauseland. Children: 1.
32 The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. [Jan.
William, b. in Jan. 1847; d. in 1851. 2. Lizzie, b. in Feb. 1849;
m. William Curtis.
ii. Frank M., b. 29 Oct. 1827; d. 24 Nov. 1852.
ill. Charles W., b. 18 June 1829; d. at Aspen, Colo.
iv. Lydia, b. 11 Nov. 1831; d. in Chicago, 111., in 1897; m. at Natick,
Mass., 1 Jan. 1851, Allen Philbrook, s. of Enoch of Hope, Me.
Child: 1. Albert F., b. at Hope, Me., 12 July 1851.
V. Thomas C, b. 15 Oct. 1833; d. unm. 18 Feb. 1871.
vi. Simon S., b. 27 Sept. 1837; living in 1918; m. at Fairfield, Me.,
4 July 1859, Hannah L. Bates. He settled at La Grange, Me.
He served in the Civil War as a private in Co G, 28th Maine
Infantry. Children: 1. Robert L.,^ b. 24 Apr. 1860; d. at Twin
Lakes, Colo., 6 Apr. 1882. 2. Lincoln M., b. 22 Jan. 1864; d.
4 June 1872. 3. Hiram F., b. 23 Jan. 1866; m. at Brookville, Me.,
in July 1887, Carrie Green; four children. 4. Grant, b. 30 Mar.
1868; d. 19 June 1872. 5. Thomas S., h. 2 Apr. 1870; m. at
Belfast, Me., 21 June 1889, Myrtle L. Whitcomb; two children.
6. Hannah L., b. 30 May 1872; m. (1) Ralph Jackson; m. (2)
Charles Banks; two children by first husband and four children
by second husband.
vii. Kate, b. 17 Sept. 1839; d. at Oldtown, Me., in Apr. 1899; m. at
La Grange, Me., in Nov. 1857, John Hancock.
viii. George H., b. 16 Nov. 1841; living in 1918; m. (1) at Morrill, Me.,
in July 1862, Eliza J. Daggett; m. (2) Sylvia Sheldon. Chil-
dren by first wife: 1. Oscar, ^ b. 2 Jan. 1865; m. Carrie Brier of
Belfast, Me.; one son. 2. Robert Edwin, b. 9 Apr. 1873.
21. Col. James^ Erskine {William,'^ Alexander^), born at Bristol,
Me., 27 June 1798, died in 1878. He married Caroline
Little, who died 7 May 1871, daughter of Capt. Alexander
and Frances (Nickels) of Newcastle, Me.
Colonel Erskine was prominent and active in town affairs
in Bristol, political, military, and civil. In the militia he
attained the rank of colonel, and was long familiarly designated
by that title by his fellow citizens. He held at different times
nearly every town office, served also as county commissioner
and as commissioner of State valuation, and was elected to both
branches of the State Legislature. In 1872 he was chosen a
presidental elector and cast his vote for Ulysses S. Grant.
Children :
i. Charles Frederic,* d. at the age of 17.
ii. Albert, b. 27 June 1832; d. very suddenly at his desk 22 Nov.
1875; m. in Chicago, III, 29 June 1869, Cecilia DeWolf, Uving
at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1919, dau. of William Frederick and Margaret
P. (Arnold) of Providence, R. I. He served in the Civil War,
rose to the rank of colonel of the 134th Illinois Cavalry, and was
mustered out in 1865 as brigadier general. After the War he
was employed in the U. S. District Court in Chicago. Children:
1. James,^ b. and d. 8 June 1870. 2. Margaret Carolyn, b. 15
July 1871; m. in Chicago, 15 June 1895, James Carey Evans of
Buffalo, N. Y.; two children. 3. Albert DeWolf, b. 3 Nov. 1871;
m. in Chicago, 2 Jan. 1902, Marion Brower; three children.
4. James Drummond, of Locust Ferry, Long Island, N. Y., b.
30 Oct. 1874; m. at Pelham Manor, N. Y., 14 Nov. 1914, Marion
Rogers of Long Island; two children.
iii. Clara, b. at Bristol; d. there unm.
iv. Delia, d. at the age of 19.
V. James Drummond, b. in 1841; d. at Bristol 7 Jan. 1863, aged 22
years. He enlisted early in the Civil War, and was commissioned
first heutenant in Co. E, 4th Maine Infantry. He served eighteen
months, when he contracted the disease which caused his death.
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22. Jonas W.^ Erskine (William,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
27 June 1798, died 2 Dec. 1832. He married, 15 Feb. 1827,
Margaret Jones, born 28 Oct. 1806, died at Gloucester,
Mass., whither she moved late in life, 4 Mar. 1888, daughter
of Simeon and Mary (Bryant).* She married secondly, in
1847, Harvey Knowlton, Sr., of Bremen, Me.
Children :
i. Laura J./ b. 29 June 1828; d. 26 Apr. 1890; m. in Boston, Mass.,
24 July 1856, George B. Elkins of Boston. Child: 1. Emma,
d. in Chicago, 111., 14 Sept 1915; m. twice.
ii. Mary Ann, b. 17 Nov. 1829; d. at Bath, Me., in Jan. 1897; m. (1)
1 Sept. 1849 Isaac Hodges of Damariscotta, Me.; m. (2) her
second cousin, James W.* Erskine (25, ii), q. v., b. 22 Jan. 1825,
d. at Bath, Me., 29 Nov. 1909, s. of James and Margaret (Jones)
of Bristol. Child by first husband: 1. Ida Ellen, b. 25 Jan. 1851;
d. 2 Mar. 1916; m. 24 Dec. 1876 her second cousin once removed,
Elbridge Gerry* Erskine (30), ship carpenter, b. at Bristol 4 Aug.
1844, d. at Bath 6 Oct. 1914, s. of John and Margaret (Erskine);
settled at Bath ; one son (vide infra, 30, i) . Three children by
second husband (vide infra, 25, ii).
iii. Ellen, b. 14 Jan. 1832; m. Harvey Knowlton, Jr.
23. George^ Erskine {George,^ Alexander^), farmer, born at Bristol,
Me., 20 Apr. 1794, died 24 Aug. 1874. He married Sarah
Perkins, born 4 Oct. 1798, died 31 Oct. 1876, daughter of
Samuel.
On 10 Dec. 1821 he bought 46 acres of land in Bristol adjoin-
ing that of his father-in-law.
Children :
i. Sarah Jane,* b. 24 Dec. 1821; d. 30 Nov. 1876; m. Joseph Richards
of Thomaston, Me.
ii. Joseph Poland, b. 4 Oct. 1823; d. 23 Sept. 1874; m. (1) 11 Sept.
1846 his second cousin, Tamsin* Erskine (10, iii), b. in 1824,
d. s. p. 19 May 1849, dau. of William and Tamsin (Richards);
m. (2) 12 Nov. 1850 his second cousin, Emeline E.* Erskine
(10, i), b. in May 1819, d. s. p. 26 Sept. 1863, an older sister of
Tamsin; m. (3) 6 Oct. 1864 his second cousin, Mary D.* Erskine
(26, vi), b. 2 Mar. 1836, d. , dau. of Col. John and Nancy
(Huston). She m. (2) 20 Aug. 1880 Stearns L. Graves. Chil-
dren by third wife: 1. Minnie,^ d. young. 2. Frank, d. aged
3 years. 3. Ida, m. Everett Francis of Winthrop, Mass.
iii. John, b. 8 Dec. 1825; d. 16 Apr. 1841.
iv. Alexander, b. 21 July 1828; d. 26 Mar. 1849.
V. Patrick Handly, b. 28 Jan. 1831; d. 28 Feb. 1831.
vi. Mahala p., b. 19 Dec. 1832; d. 20 Feb. 1859; m. (intention recorded
1 Nov. 1851) her second cousin, Robert Hull (6, vi, 1), q. v., s.
of Erastus and Sarah (Erskine) Jones.
vii. Melissa, b. 3 Aug. 1835; m. Joseph Lane of Rockland, Me.
34. viii. Lorenzo D., b. at Bristol 10 Mar, 1838.
ix. Eliza Ann, b. 16 June 1841; d. 2 Jan. 1888; m. 8 May 1866
Thomas C. Miller.
24. Alexander^ Erskine (George,'^ Alexander^), of Bristol, Me., was
born at Bristol in 1796. He married Pamela Perkins, born
24 July 1802, daughter of Samuel and sister of the Sarah
Perkins who married Alexander Erskine's brother George (23).
*Vide aupra, p. 22, footnote.
34 Master Tate^s Diary [Jan.
Children :
i. Edmund Mears/ b. 8 Sept. 1830; d. 6 Jan. 1895; m. in Mar. 1857
Mary Jane Griffin of Oldtown, Me., b. 10 July 1836, d. 7 Jan.
1907. He served as a private in Co. I, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery.
Children: 1. Fred Eugene,^ b. 26 Feb. 1860; d. 11 Dec. 1912.
2. Effie Amelia, b. 15 July 1861; m. Rogers of Stillwater,
Me.; residence, Oldtown.
35. ii. Zenas F., b. at Bristol 10 Jan. 1832.
iii. Jonas, b. in 1834; d. 23 Apr. 1835.
iv. Mary, b. 17 Apr. 1835; d. 21 June 1911; m. 17 Nov. 1860 Peter
Herald of Bremen, Me., b. 12 Aug. 1825; d. 13 Feb. 1900.
Children: 1. Sands W., b. 6 Nov. 1861. 2. Thomas E., b. 12 Aug.
1865. 3. Charles G., b. 25 Dec. 1869. 4. Eda M., b. 15 May
1872.
V. Thomas G., b. in 1836; d. in the military service of the United
States; m. Rose Griffin, sister of the Mary Jane Griffin who
m. his brother, Edmund Mears Erskine (24, i). He served in the
Civil War as a private in Co. C, 16th Maine Infantry. Child:
1. Murray.^
vi. Hannah J., m. 23 June 1874 Andrew O. Hatch of Bristol. Child:
1. A daughter, m. ; residence, Portland, Me.
vii. Margaret, b. 24 Oct. 1847; d. 8 Jan. 1896; m. at Damariscotta,
Me., 20 May 1863, Thomas Columbus Lessner of Damariscotta,
s. of Henry and Ehzabeth. Children: 1. Mary, b. 14 Feb. 1866.
2. Frank H., b. 25 Feb. 1872.
[ To be concluded ]
THE DIARY OF MASTER JOSEPH TATE
OF SOMERSWORTH, N. H.
From a manuscript in the possession of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society
[Continued from vol. 73, page 315]
Mr. Gershom Plummer's who Married Judith Roberts
Reuben Plummer Born March [w;orn]
Sarah Aug. 4. 1765.
Hannah
Abigail Born May 27 1768
Enoch Born on Thursday [lyorn]
Mr. James Naylor's by his 1st Wife Martha [worn] 2nd Wo. Mary
Pierce.
Martha Naylor Born.
2nd.
Lydia.
Mary.
Deborah.
Wo. Ruth Philpot's.
Cap. James Philpot Born Jan. 27. 1740 O. S.
Ruth.
MoUy. Aug. 24. 1742
Benja. April 27th 1747
Ann Perkins March 1st 1753
[worn] Perkins Sep. 1. 1754
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Wo. Mercy Philpot's
Betty Philpot Bom Jan. 26. 1745
Ruth Feb. 2. 1747.
Richard Aug. 15th 1754.
John Feb. 1. 1757.
Moses. June 15. 1759.
Mr Jonathan Went worth's who Married Betty Philpot.
Richard Wentworth Born April 29. 1766.
Thomas Born June ye 4th 1768
Luke Born Sunday night Feb. 2nd 1772
Silvanus Born Sat. Oct. 14. 1775
Louis Born Friday Sep. 10 1777
Mr. Saml Roberts Juniors who Married Judith Randal.
Ruth Roberts Born June 3rd 1754
Sarah Sep 14th 1755
Hannah
Samuel
Paul
Lydia Jan
Judith June 7. 1767
Deborah Jan. 15. 1770
Moses July 8. 1777
Mr. Nathan Roberts's who Married Olive Mason
Esther Roberts Born Aug. 7th 1754
HatevH Oct. 28th. 1755.
John Jan. 26. 1757
Nathan. Dec. 26. 1758
Simon July 14 1760
Benja Dec. 20. 1761
Danl. Feb. 15. 1765
Eunice Feb. 17. 1767
Joseph Jan. 7. 1769
Mr. Wm. Stiles's by Lydia Hanson his second Wife
Tryphena Stiles Born Sep. 11. 1739
Lydia Aug. 24. 1741
Mercy Feb. 22. 1743
Sarah Dec. 29. 1744
William Dec. 9. 1747
Mary. Oct. 3. 1750 Old Stile
Deborah May 26. 1755 N. S. rp •
Elizabeth May 26. 1755 "^^"^
John Oct. 19. 1756
Abigail May 23. 1761
Mrs Tryphena Stiles's 2 Children 1st ye Girl by [erased] 2nd ye Son
by [erased]
Molly Born Oct. 25th. 1757.
Joseph.
Mrs Lydia Stiless by Jacob Quinby.
Jacob Quinbey Born May 21st 1766
Wo. Eliz. Husseys Whose 1st Husbands name was Henry Tebbets*
2nd Jos Hussey.
1st
Hepzibah Tebbets Born Feb. 8, 1736
2d
Danl Hussey Born Sep. 15. 1738
VOL. LXXIV. 3
36 Master Tate's Diary [Jan.
Eliz.
October 31. 1740.
Saml
Oct. 23. 1742.
Phebe
Nov. 23, 1744
Anne
Mar. 16. 1747
Susannah
Feb. 8. 1751
Hannah
March 1st 1753
Susannah Tebbets Daughter of Peter Tebbets Deed Born
December 21. 1761.
Wo James's
Eleanor James Wo Berry Born
Hannah James
Wo Mary Clements's Jnos Wo
Sarah Clements Born
Serjt. Jno Mason's by Esther Weymouth his Wife.
Ohve Mason Born
John
Mary
Benja.
Patience
Isaac
Esther.
Lieut. Benjamin Wentworth's who Married Deborah Stimson
Sarah Wentworth Born [worn]
Benja May 31. 1732
Bartholomew Nov. 28 [worn]
Deborah Jan. 19. 1740
Phebe. July 27. 1742
Tamesin Dec. 22. 1744
Lydia. Oct. 17 1748
Dorothy. June 18. 1751.
Wo Mary Roberts's
James Roberts Born
Aaron Roberts Born
John .
Ebenezer
Ichabod Born Sep. 17. 1748
Samuel
Jeremiah Nov. 17. 1753.
Mr Joseph Varney's who Married Temperance Smith.
Hannah Varney Bom Feb. 20th. 1750.
Abigail Dec. 20th 1754.
Joseph May 20th 1756.
Samuel Sep. 4. 1758.
Temperance May 27. 1760
Mr. James Roberts's who Married Elizabeth Roberts.
Joseph Roberts Born
Moses
Elizabeth
Mr. Jonathan Merrow's Junr whose 1st Wife was Phebe Heard. 2nd
Hannah Wentworth.
1st
Thomas Merrow Born
Anna.
Jonathan.
James.
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2nd
Isaac Born Sep. 15th 1768
Phebe
Sally.
Cap. Maurice Hobbs who Married Sarah Plumer
Rebecca Hobbs Born Oct. 22. 1762
Huldah Dec. 11th 1767.
Joanna Sep. ye 9th 1769.
Maurice April 4, 1772 Dy'd on Saturday Night
Oct. ye 2nd 1773
SaUy Born Jan. 27. 1776
Mr. EHphalet Cromwels. 1st Wife name Esther Nock. 2nd Kezia Watt-
son.
1st
Dorothy Cromwel Born
Lucy
Rachel
Eliphalet Born July ye 12. 1752. N. Stile
Silvanus
2nd
Hannah November ye 19th 1760
Elizabeth December ye 19 1762
Samuel Aug. 6. 1764
Mrs Dorothy Cromwel one by Nathl Garland
Nathaniel Garland Born June 7. 1765
Mr. Danl. Smith's who Married Eliz. Chadbourn.
William Smith Born Thur Oct. 25th. 1764
Moses. Friday Feb. 27. 1767
Danl January 7th 1770
Reuben Born May 17. 1772 Sunday
Betty June 15. 1776
Mr Richd Gooding Juniors' who Married Kezia Tebbets.
John Gooding Born.
Sarah
Moses
Samuel
James
Danl
Mr. Ebenezer Garland's who Married Abigail Powel.
Abigail Garland Born
Doddivah
Rebecca
Margaret.
Wo Abigail Millers.
Sarah Miller Born
Abigail
Mr. Ebenezer Roberts's who Married Sarah Miller.
Joanna Roberts Born Jan. 1. 1761
Deborah Aug. 10 1762
Lydia April 1767
John. Aug. 5th 1770.
Issues of Capt. Thos. Miller Deed", who Marryd Deborah Roberts.
Mary Miller Born Oct. ye 29. 1752
Eliakim June 22nd 1754.
38 Master Tate's Diary [Jan.
Jane Mimmy 1 by Willm Chadwick
Sarah Chadwick Born May 20, 1764
James & Mary Roberts Born Aug. 1. 1761 Swore on James
Roberts.
Mr. Aaron Stacpole by his Wife Deborah Roberts.
Samuel Roberts Benja Roberts Deeds, son Born Sep 17. 1763.
Collo. Thos. WaUingford by his 3rd Wife Madam EUzabeth Prime.
Saml. Wallingford Born Wed. Feb. 4 llb[worn]
Olive. May ye 29 1758.
Mr. Joshua Stacpole by his 2nd Wife Lucy Baker & by his 3rd Abig.
Stacpole
2nd
Samuel Stacpole Born
Lucy.
3rd
Joshua
Charles
Mary
Ebenezer
Margaret
Henry
Mercy Born Sunday May 18.
Otes
Andrew
Tobias
Capt. Joshua Stacpole Junr who Married Lydia Plumer.
Elisha Stacpole Born Aug. 5, 1752
Leonard. Feb. 28. 1766.
Aaron. October 25. 1768.
Sarah. Mar. 27th 1771.
Polly Stacpole Born Monday April ye 13. 1778.
Mr. William Stacpole who Married Ann Gray.
Mr. PhiHp Stacpole who Married Elizabeth Tebbets.
Mr. Charles Stacpole who Married Rachel Pray.
Edmund Stacpole Born.
Ruth. Born Feb. 15, 1769.
Wo. Abra Chad wick's
Sarah Chadwick Born Dec. 12. 1743
WiUiam Sep. 25. 1745
EUzabeth Aug. 29. 1747.
Edmund Sep. 30. 1752.
Jacob. Oct. 1756
Mr. Joseph Roberts's who Married Joanna Gooding
Thos. Roberts Born May 6. 1748
Susannah May 7. 1750.
Lydia Sep. 26. 1752
Abigail April 19. 1755
Rachel April 10. 1758
Joseph May 30. 1760
[worn] May 24. 1762
Mary Roberts Born Oct. 5. 1768
Elizabeth Born February 1767.
Wo. Judith Layer's
Mary Laver Bom
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Sarah.
William
Mr. John Drew who Married Hannah Tebbets May 25. 1767.
Jno. Drew Born July ye 17th. 1767.
Francis Drew born May 24. 1770
Abigail Drew Born Mar. 31. 1773.
Edmund Born Sunday May 14. 1775
Joanna Born Oct. 14. 1776.
Mr. John Kenny's who Married Eliz. Brock.
Moses Kenny Born Dec. 26th 1754.
John
Amos.
Elizabeth
Eunice
Abra
Paul
James
Mary
Prissilla
Mr. James Kenny who Married Mary Tuttle.
James Kenny Born
Mr. Robert Tate who Married Margaret Wallingford.
David Tate Born Sunday June 24 1767 1769 [both dates given
in original record]
William Tate Born Friday Sep. 14. 1770
Sophia Tate Born Saturday Aprl 17. 1773.
Margaret Tate Born Oct. 19. 1775.
Peulthai Born Monday Morning March ye 6th 1778.
Betsey Born Monday Aprl 23. 1781.
Eunice Born Oct. 1783.
Sabra Born July 29. 1786.
Capt. Jno. RoUings's who Married Molly Carr.
Hiram Rollings Born Monday July ye 6th 1767.
Molly Rollins Born Feb. 21. 1769.
John Rollins Born Saturday Jan. 26. 1771
Elizabeth Rollins Born Sat. April 3rd 1773
George Rollins Born Saturday Nov. 5th 1774.
James Born Thurs. Night July 4. 1776.
Betsy Rollins Born October 20 1778.
Sarah Tebbets's by Saml. Nock.
Saml. Nock Friday July ye 17th. 1767.
Mr. Joshua Roberts's who Married Sarah Walling-ford.
Hannah Roberts Born 1735
EUzabeth. Aprl 18 1737
Thomas Nov. 1740
Lydia July 31 1743
Joshua. July 13. 1746
Mr. Thos. Roberts who Married Eliz. Fall.
Molly Roberts Born Dec [irorn] 1766
Jonathan Born Nov. 16. 1767
Mr. Joshua Roberts' who Married Mrs Joanna Wentworth Daughter
of Mr Mark Wentworth Deed.
Eliz. Roberts Born April 5th 1768
Sarah Dec. 26. 1770
40 Master Tate's Diary [Jan.
Thomas Born Thur Sep. 14. 1773
Molly Sunday morng Jan. 8th 1775. Molly Dyd
on Sunday [worn]
Mr. Moses Paul's whose 1st Wife was Abigail Mason. 2nd Wo. Damm,
Saml Widow. 3rd Patience Mason. Serjt Jno Mason's Daughter.
1st Wife.
Benja. Mason Paul Born Sep. 26. 1755
Josiah Nov. 26. 1757.
Daniel Feb. 1760
3d
Isaac July 6th 1765.
Edmund April 14. 1767.
Moses. July 30. 1768.
Samuel & David January ye 29. 1771
Abigail Paul Born Thur. morng Sep. the 2nd 1773.
Mr. Ichabod Rollins's Junr who Married Ruth Philpot July ye 4th 1768.
Son Andrew Born Oct. 29 1770
Daughter Lydia Born on Sunday Morn Dec. 20th 1772
Sabra Born Wed. Morn. Jan. 11th 1775
Jeremiah Born Sunday June 29th. 1777.
Ruth Born Saturday Night Aug. ye 7. 1779.
Mr. Jno. Brown^s who Married Hannah Wallingford.
Jno Born Apr. 27. 1752
Paul Aug. 24th 1754.
Josiah Mar. 23. 1756.
Charles Sep. 13. 1761.
Mr. Nathl. Wentworth's who Married Patience Abbott.
Moses Born April 6th. 1766.
Mary April 10th 1768.
Wo. Mary Wentworth's Thos Wentworth's widow.
Martha Born Jan. 17th 1738 [or 1739] N. S.
Moses
Nov. 8th 1740
Mary
April nth 1742
Nathaniel
Oct. 21st 1743.
Richd.
May 16th 1746.
Jedidiah
Nov. 2. 1748
James
Mar 1st 1752
Caleb
Nov 21st. 1753
Love
May 16. 1756
Widow Abigail Downs's
Jno. Downs's widow
Phineahas Downs Born
Reuben.
Esther.
Gershom.
John.
Wo. Abigail Ricker Paul Picker's Wo.
Gershom Ricker Born
Ehzabeth.
Olive.
Paul.
Joseph.
Mr. Jacob Quinbey who Married Tamesin Wentworth.
Benjamin Wentworth Quinbey born December 5. 1768
Eunice Quinby Born on Saturday Feb. 15th 1771.
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Rebecca Born Friday Morn July 17. 1772.
Son John Born Wed. Mar. ye 5. 1777
Mr. Israel Pierce Who Married Mary Curtice of [illegible]
Thomas Pierce Born Nov. 1st 1748 N. S.
Israel.
Lemuel.
Curtis.
Benja.
Joseph.
Stephen.
Mary.
Mr. Gershom Wentworth's who Married Hannah [illegible]
Nabby Wentworth Born May 7 [illegible] New Stile
Jonathan Young Born Jan. 2 [illegible]
William March ye 16th 1768
Andrew - Born
Elijah Born Sep. 21. 1775
Hannah Born
Mr. Nathal Ricker who Married Marcy Nock Gone to [illegible]
Lydia Nock Born Sep. ye 24th 1747.
Benja. May May. 6th 1755
Nathl Nov. 13. 1757
Paul October 11. 1765.
Mr. Daniel Wentworths who Married Dorcas Merrow.
Born July ye 25. 1768
Miss Deborah Carpenters [word gone] by Otis Stacpole.
Girl by Zebulon Davis named Susannah Born Feb. 13. 1768
Mr. Danl. Hussey's who Married Bethiah Varney.
Joseph Hussey Born Sep. 3rd 1765
Sarah Nov. 13th 1766
John Sep. 13. 1768.
Patience Hussey Born on June ye 4. 1774
Content Born May 22. 1780.
Wo. Sarah Philpot Jnos. Wo.
Nabby Born March 25. 1753
Rachel July 1st 1755.
Mrs. Hannah Pappoon By John Drew.
Abigail Drew Born Oct. 4. 1767
Wm. Stacpole Born Sep. 3. [blotted, probably 1777.]
Mrs. Hannah Plaistead Pr Amos Ricker
A Girl Named Sarah Ricker Dec. 24. 1768.
Mr. Hatevil Roberts Deed, by his Wife Mary Roberts Deed.
Saml. Roberts Born April 12. 1751 0. S.
Olive Dec. 29. 1752 [possibly 1758]
Mrs. Sarah Wentworth Daugtr of Ensn. Samuel Wentworth of Sommers-
worth
One by Capt. Ebenr. Ricker Born Jan. 17th 1769 Boy Named
Ebenez.
Mr. Richard Whitehouse who Married Hannah Goodwin
Andrew Whitehouse Born March 31. 1768
Elisha February 27. 1770
Elizabeth Wliitehouse Born Saturday about one oth ye Clock
July ye 23rd 1772. July ye 25th 1772 [evidently a correction
of July 23rd. July 25, 1772, was Saturday.]
42 Master Tate's Diary [Jan.
Lydia Born Tuesday Aprl. 1st 1777
Mr. Danl. Roberts who Married Susannah Peery.
EHz Roberts Born June 18. 1758
Eliz. Roberts Love's Daughter one by Joseph Pray.
Joseph Pray Born Sunday May ye 25th 1766.
Jan. 21. 1771 a son Born Named Edmund by Danl. Pierce.
Ivory Nobody Born on Thursday Aug. 20. 1778.
Mr. Daniel Straws who .Married Joanna Roberts Thursday Night Mar.
3. 1768.
She was Deliver 'd of a son on Sunday March 6. [He] Dyd &
was Buried on March 7th. 1768.
Sunday June 4. 1769 Hannah Straw Born.
Mary Born Oct. 4. 1771. Friday.
Sally Born Tues. Night Dec. 28. 1773
Son Danl. Born Thursday Sep. 19. 1776
Nanny Born April 1st 1778.
Moses Born May
Mr. Nathl Garland's Who Married Thos. Picker's Wo.
1st Husband.
Mehetabel Picker Born Dec. 27th. 1764
2nd
Joanna Garland Born Feb. 27. 1768.
Abigail May 18. 1770.
Nathl Born Sunday Night Feb. 13th. 1774
Mr. Paul Wentworth's who Married Mary Higgins of Berwick June 21.
1769.
Joanna Wentworth Born Dec. 10. 1770
Mary Born Dyd Sep. 29. 1772
Tilley Wentworth Born Monday [w^orn]
Mr. Thos Noble's Junr. who Married Abigail Hodsdon.
Sarah Noble Born July 4th 1767 Saturday
Betty Born February ye 20th 1769 Tues.
Jno. Born on Wed Mar. 31. 1773
Thos. Born on Friday May ye 26th 1775
Polly Bom Saturday Night May 17th 1777.
Hannah Born Monday Dec. 4. 1770. wch was Omitted.
Daughter Lydia Born Sunday Morn Sep 12. 1779
Mr. Thos. Nichols who Married Hannah Pope of Salem N. E.
Stephen Pope Nichols Born Aug. 15. 1770
Ichabod Born Saturday Night Jan. 4th 1772
David Born Wed. Night Near 12 oth Clock
September ye 22nd 1773.
Hannah Nichols Born Saturday Mom July 22nd 1775
Mary Born about 3 oth Clock afternoon Sep. [it?om]
Thos. Nichols Born on Saturday Sep. 4. 1779
Mr. John Carr's who Married Martha Ingersoll.
John Carr Born Mar. 3rd 1769.
Mr. Aaron Stevens who Married Pheb. Wentworth Daughter of Lieut.
Benja. Wentworth of Somersworth.
Moses Stevens Born Jan. 15. 1764
Benja. July 11. 1765.
Hannah Nov. 13. 1766.
Deborah Mar. 16. 1768
Aaron Bom Aug. 12. 1769.
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Phebe. [Phebe. written with different ink.]
John Born Nov. 26. 1772.
August 1. 1774. [August 1. 1774 written
with the same ink as Phebe.]
Daughter Dolly Born Sunday Sep. 22. 1776.
Mr. Saml. Horn who Married Abigail Hanson.
Ebenezer Horn Born Feb. 14. 1755
Caleb. May 26. 1757
Margaret.
Mr. Charles Baker whose 1st Wife was Love Downs 2nd Wo. Sarah
Roberts Francis Roberts Deed Widow.
Hers by her 1st Husband.
Betty Roberts Born Sep. 25. 1746
Sarah June 2. 1750. -
Francis April 14. 1753.
Jno. Carr Dec. 23. 1754
Molly Dec. 4. 1756
his by his 1st wife
Charity Baker Born
Charles
Thos.
2nd wife
Duglass Jan 18th 1762
Moses & Danl. Mar. 24. 1766
Mr John Mardins who Married Bethshua Libbey.
Mary Mardin Born
EHzabeth
John
Alice
Lydia
James Libbey Mardin
Mr. Benja. Varney who Married Rebecca Nock.
James Varney Born Aug. 19. 1748 N. S.
[illegible] June 27. 1750.
Mr. Moses Weymouth who Married Damaris Wright.
Hannah Weymouth Born Jan. 24. 1754
Deborah Mar. 17. 1756.
Sarah Nov. 18. 1758.
Mary June 2. 1761.
Joshua Nov. 2. 1764
John Wright Mar. 22. 1767.
Moses May 1770.
Lydia
Mr. Jno. Roberts who Married Susannah Burnham.
Timothy Roberts Born Aug. 3 1759
Joseph. Dec. 29. 1762
ReHef June 21. 1767
Mr. Alexander Roberts's who Married Rebecca Garland N. S.
George Roberts Born May 8. 1752
John Oct. 4. 1754
James Nov. ye 5. 1757
Thomas March 22. 1760
Alexander June 1. 1765
Ebenezer Sep. 1767
Joshua March 17. 1770
44 Master Tate's Diary [Jan.
Abigail Born May 7th 1772
Mr. Wm. Whitehouse who Married Lucy Turner.
John Whitehouse Born
Lucy.
William
Mary.
Turner
Moses
Esther.
Charles Tracy.
Mr. Wm. Whitehouse Junr. who Married Eleanor Ash.
Aaron Whitehouse Born Oct. 10 VlQ[worn]
EHzabeth. April 9th 1765
Rebecca. Sep. 2nd 1766.
Judith. April 20. 1768
Abigail Dec. 18th 1769.
Mr. Benja. Wentworth who Married Rebecca Hodsdon.
Samuel Shackford Wentworth Born
Elizabeth
Dorcas
John.
Enoch
Benja.
David
Asahel
Mary
Alexander
Mr. William Kenny who Married Rose Tebbets.
Lydia Kenny Born Aprl. 8. 1757
Phebe Born April 9. 1759
Thos.^
June 24. 1761
Abigail
Dec. 29. 1763
William
Mar. 23. 1766
Benjamin
Jan. 23rd 1768
Ebenezer
Mar 26. 1770
Edmund
Aug. 16. 1772
Joseph
Dec. 22. 1774.
John
April 20. 1777.
James
Nov. 24. 1779
Louis
Nov. 28. 1781
Mr. Danl. Kimbal who Married Martha Wentworth
Lydia Kimbal Born
Nehemiah
Mary
' James
Mr. Wm. Horn who Married Phebe Heard. N. S.
Jethro Horn Born Sep. 27. 1750
William.
Sep. 4. 1752.
Jonathan.
Jan. 28. 1754.
Heard.
Dec. 22. 1756.
Mercy.
Oct. 14. 1758.
Mary.
Mar. 1. 1760 aut. 1761
Abigail.
Feb. 7th 1763.
Trustham
Mar. 26. 1765
Danl.
Mar. 30. 1767.
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Dorcas Jan. 30. 1769.
Joseph Born Jan. 27th 1771. ^
Enoch Born Dec. 18th 1772.
James How Horn
Mr. Wm. Wentworth who Married Hannah Hayes.
Ichabod Wentworth Born
Mary.
Wm.
Abigail
Martha*
Sarah.
Mr. Ebenzer Wentworth who Married Sarah Roberts.
Sarah Wentworth Born Feb. 6. 1729
Benja. July 30 1731
Ebenezer Aug. 14th 1735
Deborah April 1738
Stephen
Mary
Aaron July 13. 1745
Nicholas Sep. 7 1748
Ehhu Nov. 7th 1751
Mr. Ebenezr. Wentworth Junr. who Married Dorothy Harford.
Dorothy Wentworth Born Dec. 30 1761
Joanna Feb. 17. 1764.
Ebenezer Feb. 8th 1770.
Mr. John Cole who Married with Sarah Cater.
Judith Cole Born
Sarah.
Tobias
John
2nd Woman Mary Hammock
Patience Born October 1st 1771.
Thos. Feb. 8. 1773
Nathan March 18. 1776
Betty & Ebenezer Nov. 11. 1780
Mr. Joseph Cook who Married Susannah Knight N. S.
Joseph Cook Born Aug. 15. 1754
Robert Jan. 7th 1757
Abigail April 1. 1761
Kezia Jan. 13. 1764
William Jan. 7. 1766
Mr. Nathl. Cook who Married Jno. Rollins's wo. Eliz.
Mercy Cook Born
Sarah
Nathaniel
Susannah
Jonathan.
Mr. Joshua Roberts Junrs.
Son Tuesday Aprl. 7. 1778.
Mr. John James who Married Anne Lord. N. S.
Mary James Born Dec. 6. 1742.
Patience Dec. 23. 1745.
Eleanor Feb. 23. 1748
John January 19. 17 5[worn]
EHsha June 30. 1756
46 Master Tate^s Diary [Jan.
Sarah
July 24. 1758
Hannah
Jan 26. 1763
Catharine
Jan 23. 1765
Ann
Aug. 23. 1766
Lydia
May 19. 1769.
Mr. Mark Wentworth who Married Margaret Roberts
Mr. Evans Wentworths who Married Mrs. Dorcas Wentworth on Mar.
19. 1772.
Molly Wentworth Born May 18th 1772
Tapping Born Saturday Aprl 16. 1774.
Mr. Danl. Hanson who Married Mary Bickford. N. S.
Aaron Hanson Born Oct. 17. 1738
Moses. Mar. 23. 1741.
Danl. Oct. 26. 1745
Phinehas. Aug. 17. 1748
Elijah. Oct. 8. 1750.
Nathan Jan. 29. 1756
David June 11. 1757.
Dorothy Mar. 15. 1759.
Mr. Andrew Horn who Married EUzabeth Land aut Willand.
Hannah Horn Born Mar. 19. 1753
Andrew April 9. 1755.
Benja. Aug. 16. 1758
[worn] July 9. 1760
Ephraim June 10. 1762.
Richd. Sep. 15. 1764
[worriloTii Oct. 16. 1766.
Mr. Joseph Wentworth who Married Eunice Shorey
Rachel Wentworth Born Aug. 17. 1756
Danl. Sep. 5. 1758
Saml. July 1760
WilUam April 7. 1762
Joseph Nov. 1765
Ichabod Oct. 16. 1767
Mr. Benja. Wentworth who Married Rachel Wentworth.
Silas Wentworth Born Mar. 1. 1756
Sarah Feb. 28. 1758
Benja. Feb. 19. 1762
Deborah April 19. 1764
Stimson Sep. 25. 1767.
Mr. Saml. Randal who Married Martha Roberts.
EUzabeth Randal Born 27 Sep. 1752
Mary.
Jan. 27. 1756
Saml.
Dec. 17. 1757.
Danl.
Sarah.
Ruth &} rr ' \ Born on Sunday April
Lydia \ ^™^^ (ye 20th 1766.
Reuben Born Jan. 11th 1773
Mr. Robert Hussey who Married John Hanson's Widow Mercy who was
the Daughter of Wm. Horn.
Elizabeth Hussey Born Aprl. 26. 1758
Job. May 31. 1760.
Benja. July 10. 1762.
Rachel. Dec. 8. 1764.
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Mr. Edward Ellis who Married Sarah Hobbs
Abig. EUis Born
Maurice
Ephraim..
Ebenezer.
Phebe.
Mrs Abigail Ellis one by No-Body.
Joseph Nobody aut Ellis Born
Mr. Ebenezer Cole who Married Mary Wentworth Daughter of Mr.
Ebenezer Wentworth.
Phebe Cole Born.
Abigail.
Esther.
Mr. Maurice Ellis who Married Kezia Courson.
Thomas Ellis Born
Elizabeth.
Mr. Reuben Cook who Married Lucy Whitehouse.
Elizabeth Cook Born
Saml.
Lemuel.
Peter.
Mary.
Abigail
Mr. Peter Cook who Married Abigail Rollins.
Bethanah Cook Born March 28. 1751
Nathl. January 4. 1753.
Abigail. February 2nd 1755.
Ichabod June 1. 1757.
Jonathan Dec. 9th 1759.
Peter. August 29th 1761
Deborah May ye 1st. 1764.
Mr. Wm. Willey who Married MsL[worn] Whitehouse.
John Willey Born
William. »
Josiah.
Nathl.
Stephen.
Mr. Timothy Hanson who Married Anne Mckleroy.
Mary Hanson Born Dec. 21. 1748
Martha. January 11 1750
Lydia Jan. 3. 1753
Joshua Feb. 7. 1756
Timothy Dec 17. 1759
Benja. Mar. 13. 1761
Tobias Aug. 26 1765
Betty. 'Oct. 21. 1768
Mr. Wm. Chadwicks who Married EHz Goodwin Daughtr of EHsha
Goodwin of Berwick Deed.
Molly & Sarah Chadwick Born on Thursday Nov 23rd. 1769.
OHve Born Saturday Dec. 8. 1771
Daniel Born Nov. 2. 1773.
Born July 7. 1776 Sunday night.
Mr. Jno. Roberts's Junr. who Married Betty Hodsdon of Berwick
Jnos. Daughtr
48 Master Tate^s Diary [Jan.
' Reuben Roberts Jan. 7. 1770.
[worn] Born Dec. 11. 1771. Wednesday. >
Son Stephen Born Friday Morng July 21st 1775
MoUy Born Friday Feb. 1. 1782..
Mr. Reuben Tebbets's who Married Mrs Betty Carr on July 23. 1770
Sally Tebbets Saturday Feb. 9th 1771 Sally.
Son Isaac Born Jan. 1. 1773
Mr. John Tebbets's who Married Mrs. Betty Gooddel of Wells on Feb.
' 8. 1770. Mrs. Betty Gooddel Born April 16th. 1742
Son John Born Oct. 28. 1770 John.
Mr. Benja. Warren Juniors who Married Abigail Philpot on Monday
November ye 26th 1770.
Eunice Warren Born Sunday May 19th 1771.
John Philpot Warren Born Nov. 5. 1773.
Benja. King Warren Born Mar. 3 1775
Valentine Warren Born Jan. 16 1777.
Mr. Bartholomew Wenty^ofth who Married Ruth Hall on Wednesday
Nov. 22nd 1769.
Benjamin Wentworth Born Feb. 21st. 1771.
Sarah Wentworth Born Thur. Jan. 9. 1772
John Born Jan. 30. 1773
Nahum Born April 7th 1774.
Philip Born Wed. Oct. 11. 1775
A Dead Son Born Jan. 23. 1777
Samuel Hussey's who Married Mercy Evans on May 3rd. 1769
Peter Hussey Born Oct. 29. 1769
EHzabeth Mar. 1. 1771.
Mary Born^ep. 26. 1772.
Susannah Born June ye 3rd. 1774.
Saml. Born Saturday Feb. 17 1776
Abigail Born Sep. 1779
Mercy Born October ye 19th 1783.
Mr. David Lj^ord's who Married Wo. Sarah Wentworth. Ezekiel Went-
worth's Wo.
David Lyford Born April 15th. 1768.
Mr. Danl. Pikes who Married Anne Carr on
James Born on March 10th 1757
Betty Born on Oct 1759
Samuel Pike Born on Dec. 24. 1766
John Pike Born June 8th 1773
Mr. John Pikes who Married Mrs. Martha Trevett of Old York on
Monday Sep. 17th 1770.
, Nathaniel Pike Born Sep. 16. 1771 Dy'd on Sunday night
Sep. 29th 1771.
Sarah Born July 11. 1773. .
Hannah Born Jan. 4th. 1775.
James Born March 26. 1777.
Nicholas Born Octr. 4th. 1779 (Nicolas)
Nathaniel born Jany 13th 1783.
[worn, possibly Joseph born] November 22 1785
Mr. Josiah Richardson's who Married Mrs. M^ry Philpot on Monday
Aug. 6th 1770.
Anne Richardson Born Wed May 1st 1771
Lydia Born Sunday Sep. 5th. 1773.
1920] Master Tate's Diary 49
Mr. Ebenezer Roberts who Married Mrs. Rachel Philpot on Tuesday
March 12. 1771
Tuesday May 21. 1771. She Miscarried off 2 Girls.
Mr. Benja. Jones's who Married Mrs. Elizabeth White of Berwick.
Samuel Jones Born
Sarah Born
Joanna Born
Enoch Born
Dorcas Born
David Born Wednesday Jan. 19th 1771
John Born Feb. 19th 1776.
Mr. Aaron Roberts's who Married with Mary Hanson. Wed. May 4th.
1768.
Aaron Roberts Born on Tuesday June ye 18th [worn]
Mary Roberts born which was omitted [worn] 13th 1769.
Cap. James Garvin Junrs. who Married wi[worn] Mrs. Dorothy Went-
worth Dec. 19. 1770
Sarah Garvin Born on Sep. 1771
Ebenezr. Born Mar. 17. 1773.
Mr. Wm. Plaistead's Junrs. Who Married Mrs. Ann Ford on Tuesday
Night Aug 1st. 1769
Daniel Plaistead Born on 1773 [? 1770]
Naomi Born Thursday Night Sep. 26. 1771
Capt. Ebenezer Ricker's who Macried Mrs. Elizabeth Wallingford on
Sunday Sep. 22nd. 1771.
Thomas Ricker Born Friday Morn. June 26th. 1772.
Ebenezer Born July 9. 1774.
Betsey Born Nov. 5. 1776.
Lucy Born Sunday Jan. 31. 1779.
Mr. Benja. Evans's who Married with Eliz. Ricker on Monday Dec.
16th. 1771. Illegal Begotten by Ephraim Ricker Junr. She was
Daughter of Elizabeth Mardin.
Ehzabeth Evans Born Feb. 15th 1772 on Saturday
Joseph Born Sunday Night Mar. 6th. 1774.
[Mr.] Ephraim Ricker Junr Who Married Hannah Leighton of Berwick.
Eleanor Ricker Born
Tobias
Dorothy
SaUy
George
Mr. Samuel Downs who Married wth Anne Kenny. Born 1721 [Born
1721 written with different ink.]
Dorothy Downs Born
Nabby
Anne
Judith
Samuel
Phinehas
Jonathan
Mr. William Grants who Married Mary Stevens.
Judith Grant Born
MoUy
WiUiam
Samuel
50 Master Tate's Diary [Jan.
Daniel
Edward
Ephraim
Nabby
Lydia
Thomas
Abijah & Paul
Mr. William Grant Junrs. who Married Mary Wentworth.
Mr. Amos Howards whose 1st Wifes Name was Charity Downs Own
Aunt to ye 2nd whose Name was Sarah Damm. None by ye 1st Wife.
2nd.
Amos Howard Born May ye 5th 1752.
Judith.
Samuel.
Enoch.
Charity.
Pomfrey.
Mr. Joseph Tate Junrs. who Married with Mrs. Esther Cole.
Enoch Tate Born Sunday April ye 5th 1772
Daniel Tate Born Thurs. Sep. 1 1774
Sarah Born Sep. 2nd. 1777.
Mr. Jethro Horns Who Married Mrs. Mary Stiles on Thurs. Nov. 19th
1771.
Mr. Moses Tebbets's who Married Mrs. Mary Key of Berwick.
Kezia Tebbets Born Sep. 22nd 1725 0. Stile
Joanna Born April 9th 1728
Ebenezer Born Mar. 16th 1739
Reuben Born Sep. 5th 1743
Mr. Wm. Hall's who Married Mrs. Lydia Wentworth Dec. 7th 1769
Son Born Saturday Oct. 18. 1774.
Ebenezer Nock Junrs. who Married with Elizabeth Garland on
EUzabeth Nock Born Oct. 6th 1771
Issachar Born June 3d. 1773
Henry Nock Born Dec. 17. 1775
Mr. Saml. Frosts who Married with Mrs. Esther Mason on Monday
July 13th 1772. ^
Esther Frost Born Oct. 19: 1772.
Isaac Born Dec 5. 1775.
Mr. Lemuel Rickers who Married Mrs. Dorothy Nock on Tues. Dec.
31. 1771.
Jedidiah Ricker Born Mar 2nd 1773.
Mrs. Deborah Vickers
Son Born Mar 29. 1773 Nam'd Aaron Wentworth.
Mr. Wm. Brock's who Married with ye Wo. Eliz. Mason on Monday
June 15th. 1772.
Eliz. Brock Born on Sunday May 23. 1773.
Martha Born on Monday July 8th. 1776
WilUam Brock Born Tuesday March 19th. 1782.
Stephen Austin who Married with Abigail Saunders on Sunday June
ye 28. 1772
Born April 2. 1773
[To be continued]
1920] The Mother of Rev. John Wheelwright 61
THE MOTHER OF REV. JOHN WHEELWRIGHT
By Mrs. Mary Lo vering Holman of Watertown, Mass.
In the Wheelwright pedigree given in the valuable article entitled
*'The Lincolnshire Origin of Some Exeter Settlers/^ published in
the Register for January, 1914 (vol. 68, pages 64-80), the writer
of the article, Victor Channing Sanborn, Esq., states that Robert
Wheelwright, who was the father of Rev. John Wheelwright of
New England and was buried at Saleby, co. Lincoln, England,
23 Feb. 1612/13, married first Alice , who was buried at
Cumberworth, co. Lincoln, in 1592; secondly Catherine , who
was buried at Saleby 8 July 1605; and thirdly, at Saleby, 17 Nov.
1606, Catherine Money, widow of John. Mr. Sanborn assigns to
Robert Wheelwright a daughter and a son by his first wife, Alice
, and three daughters by his second wife, Catherine .
The daughter by the first wife is said to have married Thomas
Kingerby of Wainfleet, co. Lincoln, and to have died before 13
Oct. 1611, as she is not mentioned in her father's will of that date.
The son was the Rev. John Wheelwright, who, Mr. Sanborn states,
was born about 1592, ''since he was a minor in 1611, when his father
made his will, but was of age 7 Mar. 1612/13, when the will was
proved.^' It is the purpose of the present article to prove that in
all probability Catherine , who appears in Mr. Sanborn's
article as the second wife of Robert Wheelwright, was a daughter
of Thomas Mawer, that she had been the wife of Richard Kingerby
before her marriage with Robert Wheelwright, and that she was
the mother of Rev. John Wheelwright.
An examination of the records which precede the pedigree given
by Mr. Sanborn shows that, although an Alice Wheelwright was
buried at Cumberworth in 1592, there is no evidence that she was
the wife of Robert Wheelwright. It is just as likely that she was
Robert's sister or mother or even a more distant connection. The
existence of a daughter who married Thomas Kingerby is inferred
from the passage in Robert Wheelwright's will in which he appoints
as one of the two supervisors ''Thomas Kingerby e of Wainflett
my Sonne in lawe," but the evidence now to be presented makes
it very probable that Thomas Kingerbye was not the husband of
Robert Wheelwright's daughter but was his stepson, the son of
his wife Catherine by a former husband named Kingerby.*
In "Lincolnshire Pedigrees," vol. 2, page 567 {Publications of the
Harleian Society, vol. 51), there is printed a pedigree of Kingerby
of Wainfleet, according to which William [sic, ? Richard] Kingerby
of Wainfleet, son of WilHam Kingerby of co. Lincoln, married
*John Wheelwright of Mumby, co. Lincoln, uncle of Rev. John Wheelwright, in his will dated
5 Feb. 1610/11, mentions "Peter Rylay my sone in lawe" and "Robert Rylay my sone in lawe,"
and from this Mr. Sanborn draws the conclusion that Peter and Robert Rylay were the husbands
of daughters of the testator. But here also "sone in lawe" may mean "stepson," especially a3
Robert Wheelwright, son of John Wheelwright of Mumby and cousin of Rev. John Wheelwright,
in his will dated 24 Jan. 1621/2, mentions "Robert Rylay of Mumby, my brother, Jane hia wife*
and William his son."
VOL. LXXIY. 4
52 The Mother of Rev, John Wheelwright [Jan.
Katherine, daughter of Thomas Mawer of Willoughby, and had by
her two sons, viz., Robert Kingerby of Wainfleet, who died without
issue, and Thomas Kingerby of Croft, 1634, who married Faith,
daughter of Wilham Clarkson of Wainfleet. Directly north of
Saleby is the parish of Strubby, and in the parish registers of Strubby
with Woodthorpe are recorded the marriages of Richard Kingerbie
and Katherine Mawer, 2 Apr. 1581, and Thomas Kynggerbye and
Faith Cawthorn, 12 Mar. 1610 [1610/11].* According to the Index
of Wills in the Consistory Court of Lincoln the will of Richard
Kingerby of Wainfleet was proved in 1591 and the will of Robert
Kingerby of Wainfleet was proved in 1613.
The parish registers of Willoughby contain the records of four
marriages to which a Thomas Mawer was a party, the Thomas
Mawer mentioned last being possibly a son of the first-mentioned
Thomas. These marriages are as follows if
1541 Thomas Mawer and Joan Dawson 25 August.
1557 Thomas Mawer and Joan Leming 17 August.
1560 Thomas Mawer and Margaret Mason 3 August.
1571 Thomas Mawer and Agnes Goodwin 13 November.
The will of a Thomas Mawer of Willoughby, probably the father
of the Katherine who married Richard Kingerby on 2 Apr. 1581,
was proved in the Consistory Court of Lincoln in 1597. Katherine
was born probably about 1560, and may have been the daughter of
Joan (Leming) Mawer or of Margaret (Mason) Mawer. As she
did not give either of these names (Joan or Margaret) to her daughters
by her second husband (if it be assumed that she did become the
wife of Robert Wheelwright), the name of her mother cannot be
determined without an examination of the unpubhshed portions of
the registers of Willoughby.
It seems likely, therefore, from the foregoing evidence, that, whether
or not the Alice Wheelwright who was buried at Cumberworth in
1592 was the wife of Robert Wheelwright, the Catherine who
is given in Mr. Sanborn's pedigree as the second wife of Robert was
the daughter of Thomas Mawer of Willoughby and married first,
2 Apr. 1581, Richard Kingerby of Wainfleet, who died about 1591,
by whom she had two sons, Robert, who died without issue, and
Thomas, who married Faith Clarkson or Cawthorn — perhaps Faith
(Clarkson) Cawthorn, this Thomas Kingerby being the "sonne in
la we," i.e., stepson, mentioned in Robert Wheelwright's will. Since
he was made supervisor of the will and guardian of one of Robert
Wheelwright's daughters, he was of age at that time and was older
than any of the children of Robert.
If Catherine (Mawer) Kingerby married secondly Robert Wheel-
wright, she was the mother of the three daughters of Robert Wheel-
wright, EKzabeth, Katherine, and Ellen or Elynor, who appear in
the records given in Mr. Sanborn's article. She was also, it is prob-
able, the mother of Rev. John Wheelwright, for he seems to have
been born about 1594, some two years later than the date assigned
by Mr. Sanborn for his birth. This is inferred from the statement
•Lincolnshire Parish Registers. Marriages, vol. 7, pp. 129, 131.
-fib., vol. 9, pp. 118, 121, 122.
1920] Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 53
in the inquisition post mortem of Robert Wheelwright, cousin of
Rev. John Wheelwright, taken 29 August 1622, that John Wheel-
wright, clerk, next heir to the deceased, was aged twenty-seven
years and more. If he had been thirty years old, it would have been
so stated in the inquisition. He was therefore under age not only
when his father appointed him executor of his will, 13 Oct. 1611,*
but also on 7 Mar. 1612/13, when the will was proved and admin-
istration was granted to the executor. It is probable that a com-
plete copy of the probate act would show that administration was
granted to the executor in the person of his guardian. The fact
that Rev. John Wheelwright named his second daughter Katherine
and his second son Thomas increases the probability that his
mother was Katherine, daughter of Thomas Mawer.
When Rev. John Wheelwright returned to England in 1658, he
lived at Willoughby, and was the plaintiff in a final concord made
in that year in regard to land and buildings in that parish (Register,
vol. 68, page 74). Some writers have stated that he went to Wil-
loughby because it was the home of Sir Henry Vane, his patron, but
it seems more likely that he went there because it was the home of
his kindred. In his will he disposed of property at Croft, the home
of Thomas Kingerby in 1634.
An examination of the Kingerby and Mawer wills proved in the
Consistory Court of Lincoln and of Lincolnshire parish registers
would probably throw more light on the family connections of
Rev. John Wheelwright.
CONNECTICUT CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
Copied by Joel Nelson Eno, A. M., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
[Continued from vol. 73, page 43]
LEBANON
Old CEMETERYf
In memory of Mr. Caleb Abel who died May 26th A. D. 1814 in his 83d
year. I
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Abel who died Augst 2d, A. D. 1811 in her
85th year of Life.
In Memory of William son of Mr. Caleb & Mrs. Jerusha Abel who died
December 10, 1773 in ye 3d year of his age.
[Simon Abell, see inscription to Simon Lathrop.]
To the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Alden late Consort of Mr. John Alden. . .
She died March 26th 1789 Aged 64 years.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. John Alden ... he died May 2d 1764 [sic] in
ye 45th year of his age.
*It was not at all uncommon in the north of England for minors to be named as executors
of wills.
tThis cemetery is situated one mile north of Lebanon Centre, on the State road to Sprague,
near its junction with the road to South Windham.
JA metal marker at the grave reads: "A Patriot's grave 1775-1783."
54 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [Jan.
To the memory of Mr. John Alden son of Mr. John & Mrs. EHzabeth Alden:
he died August 12th 1784 Aged 34 years.*
Here Lies the Body of the twin sons of Mr. John Alden & Mrs. EKsabeth
Alden his wife. Born the 17 Aug. 1765 [sic]. The eldest died in-
stantly; the other next morning.
In Memory of Will & Polly Antram ye Children of Mr. Francis & Eunice
Antram. WilKam died June ye 23d 1794 Aged 18 years & Polly died
July 27, 1794 Aged 3 years.
Here Lays Intered the Body of Elisebath Arnold, Relict of Mr. Josiah
Arnold Late of Washington, & Daughter of Mr. Moses Clark of Leb-
anon . . . fell on Sleep Deer 22d A. D. 1783 in the 61st Year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Lydia Wife of Mr. Ebenezer Bacon who Died Jan'r
2d 1791 in ye 77th year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Lydia Bailey wife of Mr. Samuel Bailey who died April
6, 1830 In the 67th year of her age.
Mrs. Mabel P. wife of Asahel Bailey Died March 9, 1830. Aged 56.
In Memory of Samuel Bailey who died July 25th 1835 aged 71 years.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. James Baily . . . who departed this life . . .
July 6, A. D. 1812 in the 77th year of his age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Ruth wife of Mr. Timothy Baily who died
May 4th A. D. 1810 in the 31st year of her age.
Timothy Baily died July 4, 1833 aged 62 years.
Here Lies ye Body of Josiah Baker in Lebanon ye Son of Mr. Samuel Baker
of Marshfield He died Novemb. A. D. 1726 aged 23 Years.
Hie jacet Carolus Barker . . . Obiit 11 June 1772 Anno ^tatis 27.
In Memory of Mr. EHphalet Barker who Died Novr 26th 1785 in ye 46th
year of his Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Jemima Barker wife to Mr. [illegible] Barker who died
on ye 23d day of February 1742 in ye 41st year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Joseph Barker Who Died June 18th, 1818 M. 55.
This Stone is erected in Memory of Capt. Joshua Barker & Mrs. Mary
his wife. He Died Febr 23(1 1784 aged 69 years. She Died January
17th 1801 aged 78 years.
Oct. 1752 Departed this Life Nehemiah son to Capt. Joshua Barker &
Mary his wife in ye 2d year of his Age.
In memory of Miss Priscilla Barker daughter of Mr. Eliphalet & Mrs.
Priscilla Barker who died May 19th 1808 in the 36th year of her age.
Here lies ye Body of Mr. Joseph Bass ye Son of Mr. Nathaniel & Mrs.
Mary Bass Who Died by ye Blow of a Tree on his Head 1730 in ye
26 Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Betty relict of Mr. Robert Bennett who died Sept. 2,
1816 Aged 73 years.
Decem. ye 13th 1766 Departed this Life Miriam Wife of Mr. Eliezer Bing-
ham in ye 49th year of her Age.
Here lies ye Body of Miss Rebecca Bingham Daughter of Mr. Samuel &
Mrs. Rebecca Bingham who died Novr ye 8 A. D. 1738 in ye 18 year
of her age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. John Birchard Husband of Mrs. Hannah Birchard
Who Died June ye 30 1735 in ye 64th Year of his Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Ann Bissel Relict of Mr. Benjamin Bissel, who Died
Novr 5th 1778 in ye 53d year of her Age.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Amos Bliss . . . who departed this life Oct.
23d A. D. 1794 In the 55th year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Anna Bliss reUct of Mr. Amos Bliss who died Feb'y 6
1827 iE. 72.
*A metal marker at the grave reads: "A Patriot's grare 1775-1783."
1920] Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 55
In memory of Betsey Brainard daughter of Mr. Enoch & Mrs. Esther Brain-
ard who died June 25th 1801 aged 8 years.
In memory of Miss Rebecca Brainerd daughter of Mr. Enoch & Mrs. Esther
Brainerd who was born at East Haddam May 8th 1794 & died June
6th 1811 aged 17.
Here Hes the Body of Mr. Benjamin Brewster who died . . . July 31, 1755
in ye 83d year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Comfort Brewster who , . . was suddenly called
away by Death ye 30th day of Novr ye 30 1777 in the GOth Year of his
age.
In Memory of Mr. Comfort Brewster, Jr. who died Jany 11, 1815 in the
44th Year of his age.
In memory of Comfort Brewster who died May 27, 1822 aged 77 years.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Daniel Brewster who . . . died . . . May 7th
1749 in the 35th year of his age.
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Daughter of Mr. Comfort and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Brewster who hopefully fell asleep in Jesus . . . April 27, 1811
in her 39th year.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, relict of Mr. Comfort Brewster who died
Feb. 1, i829 aged 82 years.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. John Brewster he Departed this Life Augt 28th
1774 in ye 74th year of his Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Mary Brewster wife of Mr. Benjamin Brewster
who . . . died . . . March 27, A. D. 1746 in the 74th year of her
age.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Rosamond & her Child, wife & Child of Mr.
Daniel Brewster. She . . . died July 24, 1778 Aged 26 years.
In memory of Samuel M. Buckingham son of Capt. Samuel & Mrs. Joanna
Buckingham who died Nov. 26th 1810 aged 1 year & 4 months.
In memory of Mr. Abel Buel who died Jan. 28th, 1798 in the 84th year of
his age.
In memory of Mrs. Clarissa wife of Capt. Josiah Buel who died Oct. 2d
1818 in the 54th year of her age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Elisabeth Buel wife of Mr. Wm. Buel, Daughter
of Mr. Joseph Collier of Hartford . . . fell asleep in Jesus Dec. 7,
1729 Aged 54 years.
In memory of Josiah Buel who died Jan, 6, 1834 Aged 85.
Mrs. Lucretia Buel Consort of Capt. Josiah Buel . . . closed this mortal
scene . . . Feb. 13th 1809 in the 56 year of her age.
Here Hes ye Body of Miss Mehitable Daughter of Mr. Wilham & Mrs.
EHsabeth Buel Died August 14, 1726 in ye 6 year of her age.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. William Buel, one of the Fathers of the Town
. . . who was Gathered to his Fathers April ye 7th 1763 in the 87th
Year of his age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Wilham Buel who died August 8th A. D.
1809 in the 73d year of his age.
In memory of Deha C. Buell Dautr of James & Trithena Buell who died
July 18, 1818 in the 16 year of her age.
In memory of Mr. James Buell who departed this life May 1, 1830 aged
56 years.
In memory of Mrs. Mahetabel Buell Consort of Mr. Abel Buell who . . .
went to rest July 31st A. D. 1796 in the 86th year of her age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Martha Buell wife of Wilham Buell who De-
parted this Life . . . May ye 6th A. D. 1751 in the 65th year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Tryphena wife of Mr. James Buell who departed this
hfe April 13, 1830 Aged 55 years.
56 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [Jan.
Elisabeth the wife of Eben'r Bushnel & daughter of Isaiah & EHsabeth
Tiffany, was born at Woodstock June 29th 1736 & Died at Lebanon
March 26th 1790 in the 54th Year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Bushnell who died June 5th A. D. 1807 in
the 77th year of his age.
Here hes the Body of Mr. Nathan Bushnell, who . . . died . . . October
6th 1770 in ye 85th year of his age.
Tryphena wife of Ebe'r Bushnell Jun'r Daughter of John & Jerusha Clark
Died Octr 12th 1783 in ye 24th year of her Age.
Solo Calkin died April 13, 1802 Aged 78.
In memory of Clarissa R. Champion daughter of Mr. John & Mrs. Rhoda
Champion who died Feb. 13th 1809 aged 1 year & 3 days.
Died Jan. 14, 1825 Pierce, son of Silas & Cynthia Champion aged 7 years.
In Memory of Mrs. Eliza wife of Mr. Thomas Champlin who Died April
6th 1814 Aged 24 Years.
Elijah their son Died Octr 24 1813 aged 3 Years & 6 Months
Henry B. son of Joel & Mary L. Chappel Died August 18, 1830 Aged 1
year & 9 months.
Mrs. Lydia Church relict of Mr. Lemuel Church Died August 22, 1829
JEt. 62.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Abigail Clark . . . Consort of Mr. Ehphaz
Clark who died Octr 20th 1814 in the 41st year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Anna L. Clark relict of Mr. James Clark,
Junr. who died June 12th, 1811 in the 54th year of her age.
Sacred to the Memory of Miss Anne Clark daughter of Col. James & Mrs.
Kisiah Clark . . . fell asleep in Jesus Sept. 18th 1791 in the 25th
Year of her Age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs, Anne Clark, wife of Mr. James Clark, junr.
& daughter of Mr. Salmon & Mrs. Mary Champion who died May 15,
1812 in the 27th year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Elisabeth Clark wife of Mr. Moses Clark . . .
who was Suddenly called to a better hope Deer 27 1761 in ye 73d year
of her age.
Here Lies the Body of Gershom Clark, Esq. . . . called to ye Reward . . .
Aug. 18, 1747 in ye 50 year of his age.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. James Clark Junr. Son of Col. James & Mrs.
Anne Clark ... he departed this life on Aug. 2d 1790 In the 34th
Year of his Age.
To the memory of Col. James Clark who died on the 29th of Dec. 1826
aged 96 years & 5 Mos. He was a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Kesiah the beloved Consort of Col. James
Clark . . . She was called to depart this life Jan. 23d A. D. 1799 in
the 63d year of her age.
Here Lyes Intered the Remains of Moses Clark who . . . departed this
Life . . . Sept. the 18th 1749 in ye 67th year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Priscilla Clark . . . wife of Mr. Phinehas Clark
who died Decemr ye 13th A. D. 1750 in the 29 year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Samuel Clark who died Sept. 27th 1807 in
the 78th year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah Clark . . . Consort of Mr. Samuel Clark who
died April 8th 1812 in the 76th year of her age.
Also in memory of Sally Clark her daughter lying at her left side,
who died Augst 2nd 1802 in the 42nd year of her age.
Sacred to the Memory of Wealthy Clark daughter of Col. James & Mrs.
' Kisiah Clark . . . who died Augst 19th 1790 in ye 13th Year of her
Age.
1920] Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 57
In memory of Capt. William Clark . . . departed . . . Augst 28, 1755 In
the 69th year of his age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. Jonathan Clarke who . . , Departed this life
on the 12th of January A. D. 1743-4 ... in ye 56th year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Leu. Timothy Clarke ... He Departed this life . . .
July 18th 1752 in the 57th year of his age.
Oliver H. son of Dr. Joseph & Mrs. S. R. Comstock died Oct. 8, 1826 aged
2 years 1 mo. & 16 days.
Here Lies ye Body of Lieut. Jonathan Crane Husband of Mrs. Deborah
Crane who . . . Left ye Earth for Heaven March ye 12th Ano 1735
in ye 77 Year of his Age.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. Jonathan Crane who was Born Feb. 2d A. D.
1684 and departed this life augst the 27th A. D. 1757 in the 74th Year
' of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Esther, wife of Mr. Simon Crocker who died Dec. 27th
1805 in the 78th year of her age.
In Memory of Mr. Simon Crocker who Died Jan'r 1st 1799 in ye 70th year
of his Age.
Here lies intered ye Body of Mrs. Sarah Curtis the . . . Consort of Mr.
Samuel Curtis who Died april the [illegible] 1741 in the 80 year of har
age.
In memory of Mr. Ambrose Cushman, who died July 22nd 1819 in the 71st
year of his age.
Mrs. Caroline relict of Mr. Ambrose Cushman & formerly wife of Mr. George
Sims Died October 7, 1827 M. 70.
Here Lies the Body of Mrs. Sarah Cushman late Wife of Mr. Thomas Cush-
man Who Died December 15 1726 Aged 52. . . .
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. Thomas Cushman, late husband of Mrs. Sarah
Cushman, Who Died Jenowary 9, 1727, Aged 57 Years. . . .
Here lies the Body of Mr. James Danielson who was [illegible].
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Mary Danielson wife of Mr. James Danielson
who Departed this Life august 6, 1748 in the 67th year of her age.
In Memory of Mr. Bezaleel Dewey who Departed this Life . . . Oct. 24,
1792 in ye 80th year of his age
Also a son named Abel who Died Dec'm 1790 Aged 4 months.
Jn Memory of Six Children of Mr. John Dewey & Mrs. Rhoda his wife.
Ebenezer died March 20, 1760 ^tat. one month.
Ebenezer 2d died Jan. 9, 1770 in the 4th year of his age.
Other four still born.
Flavel [illegible] son of Flavel & Betsey F. Dewey died Dec. 11, 1829 aged
2 months.
Here Lies the Body of . . . Mrs. Hephzibah ye Wife of Den Josiah Dewey.
She was the Daughter of Mr. Richard Lyman of Hartford ... &
Slept in Jesus June ye 4, 1732 In ye 89th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Jerusha wife of Mr. Israel Dewey who died May 19,
1806 in the 67th year of her age.
In Memory of Mr. John Dewey who Died Sept. 14th 1773 in the 73d Year
of his Age.
In memory of* Mr. John Dewey who died June 11, 1830 aged 95 years.
Here Lies the Body of Dn Josiah Dewey. He was Born in Windsor 1640
.... Slept in Jesus Septemr 7, 1732 In ye 92 Year of his Age.
In memory of Miss Phylona Dewey who died Sept. 10th 1818 aged 52 years.
In memory of Mrs. Rhoda, wife of Mr. John Dewey who died Augt 30,
1820 aged 85 years.
In memory of Mrs. Susanna, wife to Mr. Eliphalet Dewey who died May
20, 1702 [? 1782] in the 28 Year of her age.
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In Memory of Susanna daughter to Mr. Eliphalet & Mrs. Susanna Dewey
who died July 4th 1780 in her 2d Year.
Here Lies Interred the Body of Experience Doggett the Daughter of Mr.
Thomas Doggett of Marshfield who Died November the 11th, 1736 In
the 23d year of her age.
Mr. Chauncy Dutton Died July 25, 1814 Aged 35 years.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. John Edgecomb who died April
2nd 1809 aged 59 years.
In memory of Mr. John Edgecomb who died Deer 5th, 1813 aged 64 years.
In memory of Mr. Leonard Elmore who died Oct. 4th 1799 in the 18th year of
his age.
. . . Sarah Apame Mills who became the wife of the Rev. Zebulon Ely . . .
She remained a widow indeed untill on the 13 of Dec. A. D. 1842 at the
age of 80 she departed.
Rev. Zebulon Ely died Nov. 28, 1824 in the 66 year of his age and the 43. of
his ministry. He was born in Lyme. Graduated at Yale College on
Nov. 13, 1782; ordained Pastor of the first Church in Lebanon. . . .
His daughter Abby EUza Ely died in Clinton, Georgia Sept. 28,
1822 7Et. 21.
Abraham Fitch Born Jany 22, 1737 0. S. Died April 1, 1821.
Betsey Fitch his wife Born May 1, 1737 O. S. Died Aug. 7, 1830.
Almira Fitch daughter of Abraham & Betsey Fitch Born Dec. 1, 1767 died
Jan. 6, 1842.
In Memory of Capt. Andrew Fitch who died Aug. 22, 1811 Aged 63.
And Abigail Fitch his wife who died March 11, 1842 Aged 87.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Ane Fitch ye Wife of Captain Nathaniel Fitch
and Daughter of Mr. Joshua Abel of Norwich Who Died July 3, 1728
Benj'n Bissell Fitcli Born Sept. 21, 1761, Died March 7, 1836.
In memory of Mrs. Betsy the second . . . wife of Mr. Ebenezer Fitch . . .
She fell asleep in Jesus March 7th 1813 Aged 26.
Mrs. Esther Fitch, wife of Benjamin B. Fitch and daughter of Elijah and
Mary Hyde Born June 8, 1764 Died Oct. 13, 1804.
Here lyes interred the Body of Mrs. Hannah Fitch the Well Beloved Consort
of Mr. Nathaniel Fitch who died February the [illegible] 1738 In the
34th year of her Age.
... In hoc sepulcro depositae sunt reliquae . . . Reverend! D. lacobi
Fitch. Natus fuit apud Bocking ih comitatu Essexiae Anglia Ano
Domini 1622 December [sic] 24 . . . Quis [sic] in Novangliam venit
aetat 16 et deinde vitam degit Hartfordiae per septennium . . . apud
Say brook per annos 14 illinc cum ecclesiae ma j ore parte Norvicum
migravit . . . ab opere publico tandemque recessit liberis apud Lebanon
ubi semianno fere exacto obdormivit in lesu Anno 1702 Novembri &
aetatis 80 . . .
Here lies the Body of Mr. Joseph the son to the Reverend Mr. Jeames
Fitch who . . . Departed this life May 9th . . . 1741 in the 60 year of
his Age.
Hear lies the Body of Capt. Joseph Fitch who . . . Departed this Life . . .
June 14, 1773 in the 63d year of his Age.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Mason Fitch Son of Mr. Joseph Fitch . . .
Died March ye 10, 1734 In ye 25th Year of his Age.
Here Lies the Body of Mrs. Mindwell Fitch ReKct of Capt. Nathaniel Fitch.
She Departed this Life the 1st day of Septemr A. D. 1769 Aged 77 years
& 4 mos.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Nancy Fitch the amiable wife of Mr. Ebenezer
Fitch who died Oct. 17th 1816 in the 31st year of her age.
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Here lies the Body of Mr. Nathan Fitch 2nd Son to Capt. Nathaniel Fitch.
Born March the 29th 1705 And Departed this Life June the 12th A. D.
1751 Aged 46 years.
Here Lies the Body of Captn Nathaniel Fitch who . . . Departed May
14, 1759 in the 80th Year of his Age.
Here lies the Bodies of Roger & Ornon Sons of Mr. Nathan & Mrs. Dinah
Fitch. Roger Born May 29, 1757 died Febry 27 1765. Ornon Born
Septr 6, 1763 died March 1st 1765.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Silence Fitch wife of Mr. Joseph Fitch who died
Augst 9th 1766 in the 35th year of Her age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Zerviah Fitch wife of Capt. Joseph Fitch who . . .
died 9th of April 1773 in the 52 year of her age.
Here lieth ye Body of Mr. Ezekiel son of Mr. Jacob & Mrs. Mary Foster
who died Octob ye 20 1727 & in ye 23 year of his age.
Justus Gay Died Sept. 16, 1829 ^t. 33.
In memory of Mr. Isaac Gillet, Died at Lebanon February 21 1840 In the
91st year of his age.
Adjoining lie buried Isaac, Hosea & Rebekah, sons & daughter of
Isaac & Ruth Gillet.
In memory of Mrs. Ruth Gillet wife of Mr. Isaac Gillet who died July 20,
1824 Aged 72 years.
Miss Ruth Gillet Died May 10, 1849 JE. 70.
In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Gillit who died April 8th 1786 in the 35th year
of his age.
Here lies the Body of Azel Son of Mr. Jonathan & Mrs. Sarah Goodwin who
died July ye 6 1764 in the 3d year of his age.
Esther wife of Samuel Goodwin died Feb. 29, 1864 aged 86 yrs.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Jonathan Goodwin who died Janry ye 12th 1786 in
the 65th Year of his Age.
Samuel Goodwin died Aug. 27, 1822 aged 44 years.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Timothy Goodwin, a Deacon of the Church in
Willington, who lived many years in this town ... he died October 7,
1758 in the 72d year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Eliphalet son of Mr. Simeon & Mrs. Mary Gray who
died January 17, 1763 aged one month.
Here Lies the Body of . . . Mrs. Mary Gray Wife of Ebenezer Gray &
Daughter of Mr. John Gardiner . . . Died July 22d 1726 In ye 25
Year of her Age.
Here lies the Body of Mary Daughter of Mr. Simeon & Mrs. Mary Gray
who died March 25th 1762 aged 14 months & 10 days.
In Memory of Mr. Simeon Gray the . . . Consort of Mrs. Ane Gray who
Departed this Life November the 10th 1742 in the 33d year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Simeon son of Mr. Simeon & Mrs. Mary Gray who
died July the 25th 1758 Aged 7 months.
Here lies the Body of Simeon son of Mr. Simeon & Mrs. Mary Gray who
died Janry 29th 1763 in the 4th Year of his age.
In Memory of Mr. Simeon Gray of Lebanon who died of ye Small pox Feb.
22, 1777 in ye 44th Year of his Age.
Also Anne his daughter died 2 days after, In ye 12th Year of her Age.
In memory of Capt. Simon Gross who died Feby 23d 1796 in ye 87th Year
of his Age.*
In memory of Mrs. Betsey wife of Mr. Jonathan Hatch who died May 22d
A. D. 1820 in the 38th year of her age.
Mr. Jonathan Hatch died October 5, 1833 Aged 56 years.
In memory of Mrs. Naomi Hatch relict of Mr. Samuel Hatch who died March
5, 1835 Aged 92 years & 9 months.
*A metal marker at the grave reads: "A Patriot's grave 1775-1783."
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In memory of Naomi Elisa daughter of Mr. Jonathan & Betsey Hatch who
was killed by lightning June 12, 1825. M. 13.
In memory of Mr. Samuel Hatch who died April 31st [sic] 1815 aged
76.
Miss Tryphena Hatch died October 13, 1831 Aged 59 years.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Caleb Hayward who Died Nov. 22d, 1796
in ye 81st year of his Age. *
In Memory of Elisha, son to Mr. John Hayward & Eunice his wife Died
Feb. 9, 1795 aged 10 weeks.
In memory of Mrs. Eunice Hayward the amiable Consort of Dea. John
Hayward who Died April 16, 1815 aged 43 years.
In memory of Eunice Hayward who died Sept. 9, 1836 aged 24 years.
Also of Hutchinson, twin to Eunice, who died Nov. 17, 1812 aged 15
weeks. . .
In memory of Dea. John Hajnvard who died Sept. 11, 1826 in the 60 year of
his age.
Beneath this Monument is Buried the wife of Mr. Caleb Hayward who
Died Nov. 15, 1770 in ye 36th year of her Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Abigail Hide Relict of Capt. Daniel Hide . . .
who died July ye 8, 1772 in ye 70th year of her age.
Here lies buried ye Body of Caleb ye son of Mr. Caleb & Mrs. Mary Hide
who died April 12 1730 in ye 6th year of his Age.
. . . Capt. Daniel Hide . . . Departed this life . . . Deer 25th 1770 in
ye 77th year of his age.
In memory of Mason son of Mr. Samuel Hide Junr. & Mary his wife who
died June 24, 1769 in ye 3 year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Naomi wife of Mr. Eliphalet Hide who . . . left
this world . . . March 2, 1768 in ye 23 year of her age.
In Memory of Mr. Samuel Hide the . . . Consort of Mrs. Elisabeth Hyde
who died Novr ye 6th 1742 in the 78th year of His Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Sarah Hide wife of Mr. Walter Hide. She . . .
Departed this life . . . Octor 1st 1758 in ye 54 year of her age.
In Memory of Susanna daughter of Mr. Timothy & Mrs. Hannah Holbrook
who died Novr 4th 1767 aged one month.
In Memory of Timothy, Son of Mr. Timothy & Mrs. Hannah Holbrook . . .
who died Jany 8th 1771 in ye 14th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Timothy Holbrook who died November 5, 1826 Aged
96 years.
Also of his two wives Hannah & Lucy.
In memory of Mr. Gideon Hunt who Departed this Life June 20, 1786 in
the 83d year of his Age.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Thomas Hunt, Junr Husband to Mrs. Ruth Hunt
& Son to Mr. Thomas Hunt Senr . . . Dyed April ye 24, 1735 In ye
39 Year of his Age.
Sacred to the memory of Capt. Andrew Huntington who died July 16, 1811
in the 65th year of his age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Anna Huntington relict of Mr. Oliver Hunting-
ton who died March 23d 1811 aged 80.
In memory of Cordelia Louisa Huntington Daughter of Mr. Eliphalet &
Mrs. Nancy Huntington who died Oct. 20th 1812 aged 3 years.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Ebenezer Huntington who died . . . 20th
August 1777 Aged 34. . ^
In memory of Mr. Eleazar Huntington who died Nov. 16th 1799 in the
24th year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Eliza wife of Simeon Huntington who died July 24,
1823. Aged 28 years.
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In Memory of Mrs. Hannah, Relict of Deacn Samuel Huntington . . . who
departed this life Octr 14th 1791 in the 90th Year of her age.
In Memory of Lucy & Hannah, daughters of Mr. Oliver & Mrs. Anna
Huntington. Lucy died Deer 4th 1775 in the 2d year of her Age.
Hannah died July 28th 1783 Aged 8.
In memory of Nancy wife of Eliphalet Huntington who died June 4, 1827 in
the 45 year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Oliver Huntington who departed this life
July 27th 1803 in the 75th year of his age.
To the memory of Mrs. Ruth Huntington consort of Capt. Andrew Hunting-
ton who died Sept. 20, 1827 aged 81 years.
To the memory of Miss Sabeth Huntington daughter of Mr. Oliver & Mrs.
Anna Huntington who died June 2d 1811 in the 42d year of her age.
In Memory of Deacn Samuel Huntington; he Departed this life July 3,
1765 in ye 94th Year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Samuel Huntington son to Mr. Oliver & Mrs. Anna
Huntington who died March 3d 1813 aged 40.
In memory of Mr. Simon Huntington who died Oct. 3d 1819 aged 50 years.
In Memory of Doct. Daniel Hutchinson who died Oct. 11, 1827 aged 60 years.
In memory of Mr. Elisha Hutchinson who died May 11, 1824 in the 78 year
of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Eunice Hutchinson wife of Elisha Hutchinson who Died
May 1, 1833 in the 86th year of her age.
. . . Sacred to the memory of Mr. Joseph Hutchinson who died Nov. 21,
1804 in ye 85th year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary, rehct of Mr. Joseph Hutchinson who died July
12, 1821 aged 88 years.
In memory of Mrs. Olive, wife to Mr. Ebenezer Hutchinson. She died
Oct. 7, 1784 in ye 36 year of her Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Ruth Hutchinson the Amiable Consort to Mr.
Joseph Hutchinson who departed this life April 24th 1782 in ye 69th
year of her age.
Susannah Hutchinson Born March 12, 1768 Died Oct. 30, 1857 In the 90
year of her age.
Miss Abigail Hyde died December 20, 1830 In the 86th year of her age.
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Chloe Wife of Mr. Abel Hyde Jur. who Died
Febr 18th 1799 in ye 26th year of her Age.
Sacred to the memory of Capt. Daniel Hyde who Died June 27th 1798 in
ye 68th year of his Age.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. EHjah Hyde who Departed this Life August ye
9th 1783 in the 77th Year of his Age.
Sacred to the memory of Maj. Elijah Hyde . . . who . . . closed this
mortal scene Dec. 31st 1800 aged 66 years.*
Sacred to the memory of Miss Lucy Hyde who died June 22d A. D. 1811
aged 39 years; daughter of Mr. Elijah & Mrs. Mary Hyde.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Mary 2d wife of Mr. Elijah Hyde who Departed
this Life August ye 3d 1783 in the 76th Year of her Age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary Hyde relict of Maj. Elijah Hyde who
died April 30th 1813 aged 76.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary Hyde wife of Col. Zabdiel Hyde who
died Aug. 30th 1815 aged 53.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Melinda Daughter of Maj. EHjah & Mrs. Mary
Hyde. She Departed this life Oct. ye 3d 1785 in the 20th year of her Age.
In memory of Melinda Daughter of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Mary Hyde who
Died Octr 17th 1787 Aged 1 Year & 3 Months.
•A metal marker at the grave reads: "A Patriot's grave 1775-1783."
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Here lies the Body of Mrs. Ruth Hyde wife of Mr. Ehjah Hyde who Departed
this Life Octr 15th 1773 in the 62d Year of her Age.
Sacred to ye Memory of Mrs. Sarah Consort of Mr. Zina Hyde who Departed
this Life Augst 4th 1783 in ye 35th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah Hyde rehct of Capt. Daniel Hyde. She died
June 26th 1800 in the 69th year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Sarah Hyde the amiable Consort of Mr.
Elijah Hyde who died May 22d 1801 in the 41st year of her age.
... In memory of Capt. Walter Hyde . . . raised & took Command of
an Independent Company & with them proceeded to the neighborhood
of New York A. D. 1776 . . . was taken sick & died at Greenwich on
the 18 day of Sept. 1776 Aged 41 years.
Sacred to the memory of Miss Wealthy Hyde daughter of Mr. Zina & Mrs.
Lois Hyde who . . . fell asleep in Jesus July 12th 1809 aged 23 years
& 7 months.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Zina Hyde who Departed this Life Janr 13th
1796 in ye 55th year of his age.
In Memory of Mrs. Abigail B. Johnson Dautr to Mr. John & Mrs. Sarah
Johnson who Died Oct. 21, 1818 Aged 35 years.
Here Lyes the Body of Mrs. Ann Johnson ye Wife of Mr. Seth Johnson
Daughter of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Lydia Eaton . . . Departed this
^ Life April ye 13th 1735 In ye 23d Year of her Age.
This monument is erected in memory of Mr. John Johnson who died Septr
_ 26th 1807 in the 83d year of his age.
This monument is erected in memory of Mary wife of John Johnson who
died Jan'ry 2d 1815 aged 90.
Sally wife of John Johnson, died Oct. 21, 1828. Aged 70.
Here lies ye Body of Sarah Johnson wife to Mr. John Johnson . . . Departed
this life . . . Nov. 27, 1757 in the 63d year of her age.
[Stone broken and top missing] wife of I. Jones died Sept. 28, 1825. JE. 73.
Sarah the daughter died April 10, 1807. JE. 17.
In memory of Mr. Eldad Kingsley who departed this life Janry 19th 1787
Aged 80 Years.
Mrs. Sarah H. Lamb relict of Rufus Lamb, Esq. & daughter of Abraham &
Betsey Fitch Born March 14, 1759 died Dec. 31, 1845.
In memory of Mr. David Lathrop who departed this Life July 18th, 1785
in ye 51st year of his age.
In Memory of Mrs. Rachel Lathrop wife of Mr. James Lathrop & Daughter
of Capt, Dan & Rachel Throop who Departed this Life Novr 30, 1786
in ye 24th year of her age.
In Memory of Simon Son of Mr. James & Rachel Lathrop & ye Adopted
son of Mr. Cherub & Mrs. Lydia Abell; he Died Novr 10th 1790 Aged
3 years.
In memory of Mr. Abraham Leech who died Feb'y 23d A. D. 1809 in the
60th year of his age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Amos Leech son of Capt. Joseph Leech &
Mrs. Bethiah his wife who died Feb'y 13th 1809 in the 32d year of his
age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Bethiah Leech the consort of Capt. Joseph
Leech, who departed this life Jan. 7th, 1808 in the 67th year of her age.
Edward, son of Isaac & Clarissa Leech died Nov. 13, 1810 in the 32 year of
his age.
In Memory of Isaac son of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Bethiah Leech who died april
4th 1773 aged 11 months.
In memory of Mr. Jonathan Lyman Leech, who died on the 12th Day of
January 1790 in the 22d Year of his Age. . . .
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In memory of Capt. Joseph Leech . . . who died Feb'y 25th A. D. 1809 in
the 69th year of his age.*
In memory of Joseph Leech who calmly fell asleep in Jesus the 25th of July
1825 in the 56th year of his age.
Mrs. Mary Leech died Jan. 30th 1807 in the 89th year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Rebecca S. Leech Who . . . was kindly conducted to
her Father's house on the 15th of September 1834 after a painful absence
of more than 75 years.
Sacred to the memory of Eliphalet Little, who departed this Life on the
26 day of June 1817 aged 15 years.
In memory of Dr. Nathaniel Little . . . Died August 5th 1773 in the 39th
year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth W. wife of Ariel Loomis who died Sept. 18,
1821 aged 42 years.
Also of Elizabeth W. their Daughter who died Aug. 2, 1822 aged 14
Mo3.
In memory of Mrs. Lucy Loomis, wife of Capt. Amos Loomis who died
July 16th 1807 aged 33 years.
In memory of Simon son of Simon & Lydia Loomis died Oct. 25, aged 10
years.
Here rests the remains of Miss Sally Lord a native of Norwich but long
resident in this town . . . rested with her Savior Sept. 10th 1799 aged
43 years.
Capt. Alvan Lyman died Aug. 7, 1853 aged 82 Yrs.
Joanna S. his wife died Feb. 26, 1826 aged 39 years.
Amanda M. their infant daughter JE. 15 Mos.
In Memory of Asa Son of Mr. Jonathan & Mrs. Bethiah Lyman who died
June the 14th 1771 in the 14th year of his age.
Mrs. Bethiah . . . wife of Mr. Jon'n Lyman who . . . fell asleep in Jesus
Jan. 29th 1803 In the 91st year of her age.
Here Lies the Body of Lent. Jonathan Lyman who slept . . . august the
11th 1753 in the 70th year of his age.
In Memory of Mr. Jonathan Lyman. He went to rest July 28 A. D. 1792
in the lxxxi Year of his Age.
Here Lies the Body of Lydia Daughter of Mr. Jonathan & Jerusha LjTuan
Died February 28th 1730 in ye 7th year of her age.
Here Lies Buried ye Last Remains of Mrs. Lydia Lyman, Relict of ye Late
worthy Lieut. Jonathan Lyman of Lebanon Deceased who Departed
this Life ye 10th day of July A. D. 1775 in ye 89th year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Mary ye worthy Consort of Mr. Wm. Lyman Departed
this Life June 8th A. D. 1792 in ye 50th year of her age.
In Memory of Sarah Lyman Daughter of Mr. Wm. & Mrs. Mary Ljrman
. . . She calmly departed . . . Jan'r ye 1st 1791 In ye 25th year of her
Age.
In memory of Mrs. Theodah Lyman wife of Mr. William Lyman who died
Oct. 2, 1821 in the 77th year of her age.
Beneath this Stone are deposited the remains of Mr. William L5m[ian who
departed this life April 2, 1827 in his 89th year.*
In Memory of Dea. John Manning who died December 20, 1828 In the 76th
year of his age.
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Mary ye amiable Consort of Mr. John Manning
who Died May 28th 1794 in ye 41st year of her Age.
In Memory of Mr. Anderson Martin who died Dec. 8, 1821. ^Et. 68.
In memory of Mr. Anderson Martin who died December 24, 1826 Aged
50 years.
*A metal marker at the grare reads: "A Patriot's grave 1775-1783."
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. . . Damaris Stanton wife of Anderson Martin, Jr. Born Aug. 29, 1784
died Mar. 11, 1848.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Martin Consort of Mr. Anderson Martin who
Died June 7th 1817 Aged 65 years. Who was the Mother of 15 Chil-
dren 9 . . . buried by her side.
In memory of Mr. Daniel Mason who died March 26, 1828 aged 57 years.
Eunice Huntington, wife of Daniel Mason died March 22, 1859 aged 88 years.
In memory of John G. H. only son of Daniel & Eunice Mason.
Here lies the Body of Capt. Peleg Sanford Mason . . . Called from this
world. 16 Feb. 1761 in ye 41st year of his age.
In Memory of Mr. Peleg Sanford Mason Junr. who Departed this life March
23d, 1787 in ye 41st Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Esther Maxwell Consort to Mr. Samuel Maxwell who
died June ye 10th 1782 in the 69th year of her Age.
John Maxwell Died March 13, 1827 .Et. 71.
In Memory of Mr. Samuel Maxwell Consort to Mrs. Esther Maxwell who
died Sept. ye 9th 1728 [? 1782] in the 67th year of his Age.
Solomon Maxwell Died July 22, 1828 ^t. 29.
Mrs. Anna Metcalf relict of Mr. David Metcalf died Oct. 13, 1834 aged 79.
Daniel Metcalf Died February 28, 1831 Aged 83 years.
Ehzabeth wife of Daniel Metcalf Died March 29, 1824 Aged 73 years.
Mary the first wife of Daniel Metcalf born in East Haddam & Died
January 15, 1809 Aged 61 years.
George Metcalf son of Daniel & Mary Metcalf born October 29,
1786 & Died November 17, 1817 in the city of New York.
In memory of Mr. David Metcalf who died Sept. 7, 1823 aged 65 years.
George Cook, son of David & Anna Metcalf Died Aug. 19, 1830 M. 28.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Hannah Metcalf wife of Mr. Ebenezer Metcalf
dismissed in hope of a happy immortality June 17th 1756 in ye 78th
year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Jabez Metcalf who died Novr 15th 1794 in the 76th year
of his age.*
In memory of John Thomas Metcalf who died June 14th 1791 in his 2d
year . . .
Also in memory of Maria who died May 24th, 1791 aged 1 month.
Son & daughter to Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Clarissa Metcalf.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. Joseph Metcalf Son of Mr. Ebenezer MetcaK
who died Decemr 8th 1758 in the 48th year of his age. . . .
In memory of Mrs. Sibbel, wife to Mr. Jabez Metcalf, who died Novr 5th
1790 in ye 60th Year of her age.
Here lies interred the Body of Mrs. Jerusha Mory . . . Consort of Mr.
John Mory who dyed April the 24th 1736-7 In the 26th year of her
Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Mary Murdock who died Janry 16, 1774 in ye 34th Year
of her age.
Here lies the Body of Deborah Daughter of Mr. Simon & Mrs. Jerusha
Newcomb who died March 9, 1751 in ye 6th year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Deborah Newcomb wife of Mr. Simon New-
comb . . . Died . . . June 17, 1756 in the 92 year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Hezekiah Newcomb who . . . fell asleep in Jesus
aug. 15, 1772 in ye 79th Year of his age.
In memory of hope Newcomb the Daughter of Mr. Simon & Mrs. Jerusha
Newcomb Died October 9th 1748 in ye 1st year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Silas Newcomb who . .. . died . . . May 24,
1773 in ye 56th year of his age.
•A metal marker at the grave reads: "A Patriot's grave 1775-1783."
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In memory of Mr. Simon Newcomb who . . . Departed this Life Oct.
24, 1744 in ye 78th year of his age.
Here Hes the Body of Mrs. Submit rehct of Mr. Silas Newcomb who departed
this Hfe Feb. 12th 1804 in the 87th year of her age.
Joseph son of Mr. Joseph Osborn died March 6th 1809 in the 5th year of his
age.
Here Hes the Body of Mr. Benjamin Pain who . . . was released by Death
. . . January 14, 1755 In ye 55th year of his Age.
In memory of Miss Rachel Pain who died Oct. 27, 1816 aged 72 years.
In memory of Miss Bridget Paine daughter of Capt. Stephen & Mrs. Martha
his wife who died July 24, 1807 aged 31 years.
In Memory of Thomas Son of Mr. Seth & Mrs. Jerusha Payn who died Mar.
19, 1774 in ye 5 year of his age.
In memory of Chester Payne son of Capt. Stephen & Martha Payne who
died Feb. 25th 1813 in the 21st year of his age.
Eunice Payne died April 25, 1825 Mi. 47.
In memory of Lester, son to Mr. Stephen Pa3me & Martha his wife. He
died June 1st 1798 in ye 4th year of his Age.
This monument is erected to the memory of Mrs. Martha Payne wife of Capt.
Stephen Payne who died Sept. 24th 1804 in the 56th year of her age.
Here Lyes the Body of Mrs. Mary wife to Mr. Benjamin Payne She Departed
this Life Febry 27th 1777 in ye 73d year of her Age.
In memory of Capt. Stephen Payne who died Augst 28th 1815 in the 70th
year of his age.
Abby Jane Daughter of Simeon & Lucy T. Peckham Died March 3, 1831
Aged 4 years & 5 months.
Joseph Wells, twin brother of Mary Wells & son of Simeon & Lucy T. Peck-
ham Died May 5, 1836 Aged 2 years 3 months & 15 days.
Sarah Elizabeth Daughter of Simeon & Lucy T. Peckham Died March 6,
1831 Aged 2 years & 7 months.
Twin & Infant mate to Lucy Ann, — son of Simeon & Lucy T. Peckham
Died Nov. 8, 1827 Aged 20 days.
In Memory of Mr. Caleb Peirce who . . . yeilded up his Soul to God Deer
22, 1769 in ye 80th year of his age.
Here Lies the Body of Mrs. Hannah Peirce wife of Mr. Caleb Peirce. She
. . . died . . . May 31st 1768 in ye 72nd year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry wife of Mr. William Perry who departed
this life January 1, 1819 Aged 46 years.
In memory of WiUiam Perry who departed this life December 5, 1834 Aged
75 years.
The Grave of Mr. James Pettes son to Mr. James & Mrs. Temperance
Pettes, who died June 12, 1815. Aged 28 years.
In Memory of Mr. David Phelps son to Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Abigail Phelps
his wife who died May the [illegible] 177 —
In memory of Mr. Elijah Phelps who died May 5th 1823 aged 77 years.
In Memory of Mrs. Ehzabeth the Wife of Mr. Elijah Phelps. She Died
Decemr ye 14th 1774 in the 23d year of her Age.
Here Lies ye Body of Esther Daughter of Mr. Joseph Phelps & Mrs. Sarah
Phelps Who Dyed March 22, 1734 In ye 9 Year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Hannah Wife of Mr. Silas Phelps Who Died Oct. 24,
1785 in the 65th year of her Age.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Joseph Phelps . . . Who Dyed May ye 13th
Anno 1735 In ye 49 Year of his Age.
In Memory of Mr. Joseph Phelps Son of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Sarah Phelps
and . . . Consort of Mrs. Naomi Phelps Who . . . Died July the 1
A. D. 1747 in the 58 Year of his Age.
66 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [Jan.
In Memory of Josiah C. Phelps Son of Mr. Elijah & Lydia Phelps; he Died
Mar. 9th 1790 in ye 3d year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Judith Phelps wife of Mr. Elijah Phelps who died April
18th 1790 in ye 52d Year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Keziah Phelps the Daughter of Mr. Joseph and Mrs.
Sarah Phelps who died March the 25 1748 in the 21 year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia wife of Mr. Elijah Phelps who died Augst 22, 1816
aged 59.
Here Lies Interred ye Body of Submit Phelps ye Daughter of Mr. Joseph
Phelps & Sarah his Wife Who Died July ye 17th 1739 in ye 6th Year of
her Age.
[Illegible] Daughter of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Abigail Phelps. She died 24 [il-
legible] 1740 in the 26th year of her age.
In memory of Dr. John L. Pierce son of Mr. Timothy & Mrs. Hannah Pierce
of Plainfield who died May 13th, 1803 age 32 years.
In Memory of Mrs. Naomi Relict of Mr. Daniel Pomroy (late of Coventry
deceased) who died Septr ye 10th 1793 In ye 78th Year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Lucretia the amiable wife of Mr. Samuel Porter who
departed this life . . . Aug. 25th 1805 in the 30th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Saml Porter who . . . entered into the joy of his Lord
Aprl 1809 in the 33d year of his age«
In memory of Anne relict of Samuel Potter, Esq. who died Jan. 29, 1827
aged 61.
In memory of Mr. Samuel H. Potter who died Novr 29, 1821 Aged 70 years.
Mrs. Louisa Raymond widow of Mr. Nathaniel L. Raymond died April
8, 1849 Aged 89 years.
Mr. Nathaniel L. Raymond died July 15, 1829 aged 73. A Soldier of the
Revolution.
Mulford Raymond died in Maryland Sept. 13, 1819 Aged 23.
Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Isaiah & Anna Tiffany, Relict of Rev. John
Robidson. Born July 11, 1769 Died Sept. 1, 1871.
Here lies the Body of the Revd Mr. John Robinson late Pastor of the Church
. . . in Duxbury . . . for the space of 39 years; he removed to Lebanon
where he changed this life for a better Nov. 14th A. D. 1745 Mi. 74.
Rev. John Robinson Died Nov. 14th 1745 Aged 74.
Ichabod Son of Rev. John Robinson Died Jan. 5th 1809 Aged 88 Years.
Mary, Wife of Ichabod Robinson Died July 1st, 1750 Aged 19 Years.
Rev. John Robinson Son of Ichabod Born April 26th 1760 Died May
2d 1832.
Mary Wife of Rev. John Robinson Born June 2d 1774 Died Dec. 29th
1816.
Laurinda Daughter of Rev. John Robinson Born Oct. 30th 1799
Died June 3d 1823.
Lydia Wife of Ichabod Robinson Died Aug. 23d 1778, Aged 51 Years.
Joseph Son of Ichabod Robinson Born Nov. 4th 1752 Died Aug. 27th
1813.
Mary Daughter of Ichabod Robinson Born Dec. 22nd 1755 Died
Oct. nth 1780.
Lydia Daughter of Ichabod Robinson Born Oct. 20th 1757 Died
April 23d 1825.
Ernest Son of Ichabod Robinson Born Oct. 11th 1763 Died Jan. 13th
1765.
In Memory of Mrs. Nabby Robinson wife of the Rev. John Robinson who
died Dec. 29, 1846. M. 42.
. . . Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Josiah Rockwell who departed this life
Augst 20th A. D. 1795 in ye 79th year of his Age.
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In memory of Mr. Josiah Rockwell who departed this Life Nov. 26, 1812
in the 69th year of his age.
Also of Mr. Azel Rockwell son of Mr. Josiah Rockwell who died at
Charleston South Carolina in August 1796 in the 25th year of his
age.
In memory of Mrs. Lucy Rockwell wife of Mr. Josiah Rockwell who departed
this Hfe Nov. 7th 1800 in the 82d year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia Rockwell consort of Mr. Josiah Rockwell who
departed this life Nov. 4, 1814 aged 64 years.
Philena Daughter of Joseph & Sarah Rockwell died May 26, 1817 ^. 14.
Miss Abigail Seabury died June 12th 1802 in the 88th Year of her age.
Mrs. Ann Seabury Departed this Life Febr 13th 1792 in ye 76th year of her
age.
Mr. Benjamin Seabury died April 9th 1787 in ye 98th year of his Age.
In Memory of Mr. Elisha Seabury he Departed this life Novr 3d 1776 in
ye 56th Year of his Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth wife to Mr. Elisha Seabury who Died May 5th
1787 in ye 68th year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Margret wife to Mr. Benjamin Seabury. She Died
May 3d 1774 in ye 84th year of her Age.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Samuel Seabury Who Died March the 16th
A. D. 1800 in the 83d year of his Age.
Here lies the Body of Sudhai daughter to Mr. Elisha and Mrs. Hephzibah
Seabury who died Decemr ye 10th 1751 in ye 3 year of her age.
In memory of Anson Sherman who died March 21, 1824 JE. 16.
In memory of Mrs. Eunice wife of Mr. Daniel Sherman who died Deer 3d
1815 in the 52d year of her age.
In Memory of Mrs. Sarah Ann Simons Wife to Mr. Thister Simons [remainder
of inscription illegible.]
In memory of Mr. George Sims who died Sept, 17, 1800 in the 49th year of
his age.
In memory of Mr. Beriah South worth who was born 1729 & departed this
life Oct. 8th 1811 aged 82.
In Memory of Miss Deborah ye 4th Daughter of Mr. Beriah & Mrs. Rebeckah
■ South worth who Died March 20th A. D. 1788 in ye 25 th year of her
Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Southworth Consort of Capt. Edward South-
worth Late of Little Compton deceased, who departed this life October
the 13th A. D. 1784 In the 93d Year of her Age.
Miss Elisabeth Southworth daughter of Mr. Beriah & Mrs. Rebecca South-
worth . . . released ... on the 8th of June 1828 in the 67th year of
her age.
In memory of Mrs. Rebecca Southworth wife of Mr. Beriah Southworth
who died May 24th 1809 in the 77th year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Abigail Sprague wife of Mr. Benjamin Sprague
. . . departed this Life July 29 1760 in the 63rd year of Her age.
Here Lyes ye Body of Barnabas ye Son of Mr. Beniamin & Mrs. Mary
Sprague Who Dyed April ye 10 17 8 [sic] Aged 1 Mt.
Here Lyes ye Body of Beniamin Son of Mr. Beniamin & Mrs. Mary Sprague
Who Dyed June 27 1723 Aged 3 Months.
Here Lyes ye Body of Frelove ye Daughter of Mr. Benjamin & Mrs. Mary
Sprague Who Dyed October 6, 1722 Aged 3 Months.
July ye 16 1767 Departed this Life Hannah ye wife of Mr. Silas Sprague in
ye 36th year of her Age.
[To be continued]
VOL. LXXIV. 5
68 Genealogical Research in England [Jan.
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
[Continued from vol. 73, page 32]
Clarke
Contributed by Alfred Rudulph Justice of Ardmore, Pa., and communicated
by the Committee on English Research
The following records, with those given or referred to in the
accompanying pedigree, establish the Enghsh ancestry and family
connections of Jeremiah Clarke, who was prominent among the
early settlers of Newport, R. I., and was the progenitor of several
men of distinction in Rhode Island annals.
The Will of John Clerk, Senior, Gent., of the parish of St. Clement
Danes, without the bar of the New Temple, dated 21 March 1479/80. If
I die within the parish of St. Clement Danes, I desire to be buried in the
church of the Friars Minor. To said order in London £4. To the parish
church of Wroteham for tithes forgotten 13s. 4d. To be distributed among
the poor of Wroteham, on the day of my death, 10s. For the same purpose,
a month after said day, 13s. 4d. To godsons. Sister Beatrice, and others,
small sums. To the High Altar of Adyngton, for tithes forgotten, 3s. 4d.
To the fabric of said church 3s. 4d. To the church of Troptiscleve 6s. 8d.
To the brothers of Ailesford 10s. To the fabric of Rochester Cathedral
20s. To a chaplain, to celebrate for my soul in Wroteham church for one
year, a sum according to the discretion of my executors. To wife Alice the
jewels and utensils of my house, with remainder to son John. The residue
of my goods to said AUce and John, who are appointed executors.
Codicil, dated 10 December, 20 Edward IV [1480]. Tenement "of the
Forde" to wife AUce whilst she remains unmarried. Feofifees to enfeoff
said Alice for life of all lands in Middleton and Wade bought by me from
John CUfford, Esq., which lands are to pass to son John Clerk on Alice's
death. Feoffees to make estate to said John of all my lands in Wroteham,
Stansted, Trottisclif, Adyngton, Reyersshe, and Guldying, and to enfeoff
wife Alice in a mershe in Glyve called the Swhere, and in my manor called
Fawnes, AUce to hold for Ufe with remainder to said son John Clerk. To
said John all annuities and lands for lack of payments and re-entries in
Kent and elsewhere.
Proved at Knoll 10 March 1480/1. (P.G.C., Logge, 2. Translated from
the Latin.)
Inquisition Post Mortem of George Clerk, Esq., held at East Green-
wich, 16 October, 1 Elizabeth [1559]. The jury found that he was the son
and heir of James Clerk, who died at Wrotham 20 September, 1 and 2
Philip and Mary [1554], that his will was made 16 August 1558, that he
died 6 May last [1559], that William, son and heir of George, was aged
23 years, and that he had other children, viz., George, Reginald, Thomas,
Robert, Richard, James, and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Goodman. {The
Genealogist, New Series, vol. 13, p. 66.)
The Will of Edward Saxilby alias Saxbt, one of the Barons of the
Quene's Maiesties Court in the Exchequire, dated 4 January 1560/1. To
wife EUzabeth a house called Gobbions in Essex and all lands in Saxelbie,
CO. Leicester, with remainder to daughter Mary. My lands in Skerlington,
CO. York, to be sold, and from the proceeds £100 each to be paid to my
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wife and daughter. Residue to cousin Harry Marwood. Executrix: wife
Elizabeth. Supervisors: brother Peter Osborne, son-in-law John Purvey
[sic], and brother Robert Multon. Proved 24 August 1562. (P. C. C,
Streat, 20.)
The Will of Elizabeth Saxilby, wife of Edward Saxilby, Baron of the
Exchequer, dated 19 September 1562. To be buried in the church of
Wormeley, near my late husband. Lands to be sold, and money bestowed
on daughter Mary and my cousin Harry Marwood and his children.
Daughter Angelet Tooke. Cousin Elizabeth Bannister and her daughters
Mary and Grace. Son-in-law John Purevey and his sons Robert and William.
My brother Peter Osborne and my sister his wife. My brother Robert
Multon and my sister his wife. Executors: Cousin Thomas Walshe,
cousin Harry Marwood, brother Tuck and wife, and daughters Mary Saxilby
and Angelet Tuck. Proved 2 March 1563/4. (P. C. C, Stevenson, 9.)
The Will of Richard Weston, one of the Queen's Maiesties Justices of
the Common Pleas at Westminster, dated 4 July 1572. To be buried in
the parish church of Writtle in Essex, where my late well-beloved wife
Margaret was interred. A monument tx) us both to be set up there, with
our arms joined together. My executors to receive the rents of my lands
in Netteswell, Great and Little Parndon, Harlow, and Latton in Essex,
until my son Nicholas be twenty-one and until my daughters Wynefride
and Margaret be eighteen or married. My said daughters to be brought
up and educated by my wife. My manor of Netteswell to my said son
Nicholas at twenty-one, with remainder to my son and heir Jerome Weston.
After the death of Elizabeth my wife, my executor is to receive the rents
of my lands in East and West Tilbury for seven years, to pay my debts
and legacies. The residue of all my manors and lands to my said son and
heir Jerome Weston. To my wife, all such goods, plate, lands, and jewels,
as belonged to her late husbands, Anthony Cave and John Newdigate,
deceased. To each of my own daughters, Wynifrede and Margaret, £500
at her marriage, or at age of eighteen. To Mary Slade, Joan Mylborne's
sister, £40. Executor: son Jerome. Overseers: John Pyncheon of Writtle,
Esq., and John Glascock of Roxwell, Gent. Proved 29 July 1572 (P. C. C,
Draper, 26.)
The Will of Sir Jerome Weston of Roxwell, co. Essex, Knight, dated
28 December 1603. To WiUiam Weston, my sonne, one annuitie or yerelie
rent of £50 of my mannor of Barwick Hall, co. Essex, duringe his life. To
my daughter Winifrede Weston £800 at her dale of marriage or her age of
eighteene yeres, which shall first happen. To my daughter Margaret
Weston £800 at her day of marriage or at her age of eightene yeres, which
shall first happen. I forgive unto my sonne in la we John Williams all such
debtes as he oweth unto me. To every one of my servauntes which now
are in my service for yerelie wages, except John Crush, my servaunt, who
hath bin a smale time in my service, one whole yeres wages. To Emme
Clarke, my maide servaunt, 4 markes, over and above my former legacie.
For that there are divers unp'fect reckoninges betwene my sonne Sr. Edward
Pincheon and myself, the p'fecting whereof might unhappily be a cause
of breach of love and Concorde, which I most of all other thinges desire to
p'serve betwene my sonne Sr Richard and him, I have therefore by this
my will declared what course shall be taken herein for the better pre-
servacon of peace betwene them and of the rest of my children. My will
therefore is that Henry Glascock, gentleman, William Loveday, gentleman,
and William Courtman, gentleman, or two of them, shall, if soe it please
Sir Edward Pincheon, here the saide accompt betwene me and the saide
70 Genealogical Research in England [Jan.
Sir Edward, and whatsoever they shall judge upon the saide accompt to
be due from me to the saide Sir Edward, my will is shall be duelie paide
to him, for I have received his promise, the performance whereof I doubt
nott; that in like manner if any thinge upon the saide accompt shall remaine
due to me shall be duelye paied towardes the p'formance of this my will.
Executors: Sir Richard Weston, my sonne, and Sir Edwarde Pincheon, my
Sonne in la we. [Signed] Jerome Weston. Witnesses: William Pearle,
Richard Martin, Henry Glascock, William Courtman, Thomas Crush,
WiUiam Fitch.
Memorandum. That Sir Jerome Weston after the making of his will
did further devise unto Anne Williames, his daughter, the wife of John
Williames, Esquier, one annuitie of £10 yerely, to be paied out of one
annuitie of twelve score poundes which he receved yerely of Sir William
Lee of Newman Regis, co. Warwick, during the life of the said Sir William
Lee, and further willed that Sir Richard Weston, his executor, should keepe
his house with all manner of provision for that companie which were in
his house at the time of his sicnes, concerning diet by the space of two
monethes next following after his decease. Richard Weston, Edward
Pyncheon.
Proved by the two executors 21 November 1604. (P. C. C, Harte, 84.)*
The Will of James Clarke of East Farleigh, Kent, Gent., dated 13 July
1614. Daughter Grace Clarke. To Abraham Preble, my servant, £5 and
to Anne Joye [? Joyce], my maid, 40s., to be paid to every of them within
two years after my decease. I give to every of my servants which serve me
without wages 5s. apiece. And to every one that serve th me for wages
2s. 6d. apiece, in token of remembrance. Paj^ment made to Margery Baker,
and she is to have a dwelling in my house as before. For the reparations of
the church and the poor of the parish. To Mr. Basden, minister. Son
Edward. Wife Mary. My two sisters [not named]. To Griffin Roches
and Jane his wife my house and orchard lying at Court wood gate in the
parish of Lynton, to have and to hold during the life of the said Jane. And
after her death I give them to Weston Clarke and to his heirs for ever.
To Dolor Davis, my servant, my house and land lying in the parish of
Marden, the which is in the occupation of one Terrye. And after the
death of my wife Mary Clarke I give unto Weston Clarke all my lands,
tenements, and hereditaments lying in the parish of Lynton, he paying to
his brethren to every one of them £100 according to my last will, for other-
wise I know not how they shall be paid. Proved 1 November 1614. (P. C. C,
Lawe, 118.)t
The nuncupative Will of Thomas Clerke, made the last of May or
beginning of June 1618. ''Having ben at his parishe churche of Wrotham,
aforesayed at Morning Prayers and fynding hymselfe something sicke, or
otherwyse greived in bodye, sayd and declared his mynde to his man which
then attended hym. 'I intend not to goe to Comp, to my Cosin Ho wells
any more but will ride to Forde to my neiphue Gierke's house,' signifying
and declaring his Nephue Mr. John Clerk of Ford; 'for there I had my
begynning,' saied he, 'and there and with hym I will end my life or my
Dayes.' And as he was riding from Churche to the sayed Mr. Gierke's
houseward, declared his mynde concerning his disposing his goodes and
•a briefer abstract of this will was contributed by the late Henry FitzGilbert Waters to the
Register, vol. 48, page 250.
fAn abstract of this will was contributed by the late Henry FitzGilbert Waters to the
Register, vol. 50, p. 118. Mr. Waters called attention to the New England names in this will,
viz., Abraham Preble, Weston Clarke, and Dolor Davis, and referred also to the Clerk pedigree
in the Visitation of London, which will be described below. The parish named "Lynton" is printed
in Mr. Waters's abstract as "Hynton," but there is no parish called Hynton in Kent.
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debtes saying his sayed 'Neiphue Gierke' should have all his goodes what-
soever after his deathe, And so came to Ford and dyned there with his
sayd Neiphue and signified and declared to his sayed Neiphue that his
comming to hym was and is of purpose to end his dayes and life with hym
And that all his goodes and debtes whatsoever he had or left at his deathe
was and should be his, the sayd John Gierke's, whensoever he dyed, and
to that end he sayed he was come to hym. And soe contynewed with his
sayed Neiphue at his house called Ford in the sayed parishe of Wrotham,
from that tyme by the space of a fortnighte after or theraboutes and until!
his deathe during which tyme he shewed his love to be suche and so perfect
towards his sayed Neiphue and Elizabeth his wife that tenne pounds beying
broughte to him from Mr George Byng Esquire for debt due by the sayd
Mr George Byng to hym the sayd Thomas Gierke, he the saied Thomas
then gave the same tenne pounds to the sayd Elizabeth saying: 'Here Gosin
take this as your husbandes owne and when as more of my debtes come
in he shall have y^ all,' or used wordes to the like effect that tyme and at
other tymes allso, some tymes to them selves and some tymes before other
witnesses." Administration granted to John Gierke 20 August 1618.
(P. G. G., Meade, 82.)
The Will of James Clarke, Gitizen and Grocer of London, dated 6
December 1647. To wife Helen a one- third part of all my goods, another
one-third part to my children, James, Mary, and Anne Glarke, and the
remaining one-third part to my brother Richard Glarke, and, if he die, to
his children. To my son James the lease of my house where I now live.
To wife Helen the lease of the house where Joe Nutt, the drugster, dwells,
and after her death, to my daughters, Mary and Anne. Executrix: wife
Helen. Proved 10 September 1649. (P. G. G., Fairfax, 137.)
From the Parish Registers of Wrotham, co. Kent*
Baptisms
1561 Elizabeth daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 8 January [1561/2].
1564 Anne daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 9 July.
1566 Frances daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 23 May.
1567 Elizabeth daughter of James Gierke, Gent., 29 July.
1567 Catherine daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 29 October.
1568 James son of Mr. William Gierke 23 November.
1571 Jane daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 2 September.
1573 EHzabeth daughter of George Gierke, Gent., 13 December.
1574 William son of George Gierke, Gent., 19 December.
1576 Mary daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 13 May.
1580 Katherine daughter of William Gierke, Gent., 10 April.
1582 Dorothy daughter of William Glerk, Gent., 2 September.
1585 WilHam son of William Gierke, Esq., 21 June.
1624 WiUiam son of John Gierke, Gent., 3 March [1624/5].
Marriages
1572 George Gierke, Esq., and Mrs. Winefride Peekham 11 August.
1584 Peter Parris and EHzabeth Gierke 26 May.
1606 Edward Thedam and Frances Gierke 4 November.
1620 Rev. Robert Gheek, D.D., and Mary Gierke, gentlewoman, at Adding-
ton Ghurch, 8 February [1620/1].
Burials
1558 George Gierke, Esq., 8 March [1558/9].
♦These Gierke records from the parish registers of Wrotham have been printed also in Ar-
chcBologia Cantiana, vol. 4, p. 246.
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1568 Elizabeth daughter of Mr. James Gierke 10 April.
1576 Catherine daughter of William Gierke, Esq., 5 October.
1598 Jane wife of William Gierke, Esq., 28 April.
1612 William Gierke, Esq., 25 March.
1618 Thomas Gierke, Gent., 21 June.
From the Parish Registers of East Farleigh, co. Kent
Baptisms
1599 Weston son of WiUiam Glerk, Gent., 24 February [1599/1600].
1601 William son of William Glerk, Gent., 5 July.
1602 James son of William Glerk, Gent., 31 October.
1603 Essex son of William Glerk, Gent., 4 December.
1604 George son of William Glerk, Gent., 2 December.
1605 Jeram [sic] son of WiUiam Glerk, Gent., 1 December.
1607 Richard son of WiUiam Glerk, Gent., 12 AprU.
1608 John son of WUliam Glerk, Gent., 10 AprU.
1610 Mary daughter of William Glerk, Gent., deceased, 16 September.
From Marriage Licences Granted bt the Bishop of London
1598 William Gierke of St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, Gent., and Mary
Weston of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Spr, daughter of Jerome Weston
of the same, Esq., at St. Andrew's, Holborn, 10 February [1598/9].*
Hitherto nothing conclusive has been published about the Eng-
lish antecedents of Jeremiah Clarke of Rhode Island. The fact
that one of his sons was named Weston, and that this name was
borne by some of Jeremiah Clarke's grandsons and more remote
descendants, pointed to a connection with a Weston family. There
was a tradition, also, that his wife Frances, who was known to
have had three husbands, William Dungan, Jeremiah Clarke, and
Rev. William Vaughan, had been married first to a Lord Weston.
Barbara Dungan, a daughter of Jeremiah Clarke's wife by her
former husband, married James Barker of Rhode Island, and their
descendant, James Barker, wrote: * 'Frances, the wife of William
Vaugn, died September, 1677, in the 67th year of her age. She
was the daughter of Lewis Latham. She was some time the wife
of Lord Weston, then wife to William Dungan, by whom she had
one son and three daughters. . . . After William Dungan died,
she married Mr. Jeremiah Clarke and came over to New England
with her four children above mentioned. She had by her husband
Clarke five sons. After he died she married to a Mr. Vaugn. "f
No record, however, of a marriage between a Lord Weston and
Frances Latham could be found, and Morrison, in his ^'Clarke
Families of Rhode Island," suggested that Jeremiah Clarke might
have been connected with the Clarkes of Willoughby, co. Warwick,
who at one time owned the manor of Weston, and that one of
Frances Latham's husbands, perhaps Jeremiah Clarke himself,
might have been a lord of the manor of Weston.
It was in the will of James Clarke of East Farleigh, co. Kent,
Gent., dated 13 July 1614 {vide supra, page 70), an abstract of which
•Printed in Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of London, vol. 1, p. 259 {Publications
of he Harleian Society, vol. 25).
tQuoted in Morrison's The Clarke Families of Rhode Island, pp. 210-211.
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was published in the Register in Jan. 1896, and in the Clerk
pedigree in the Visitation of London, 1633, 1634, and 1635, vol. 1,
page 172 (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 15), that the
clues leading to the discovery of the parentage and ancestry of
Jeremiah Clarke were found. James Clarke in his will mentions a
Weston Clarke and the latter's "brethren," a word which indicates
that Weston Clarke had more than one brother. The pedigree
of Clerk of Allgate Ward, printed in the Visitation of London,
begins with James Clerke in co. Kent, who married Merie Saxby,
daughter of Baron Saxby, gives James Clerke's son, William Clerke
in CO. Kent, who married Mary Weston, daughter of Sir Hierom
Weston, and names also two sons of this William Clerke, viz.,
Weston Clerke of London, eldest son and heir, now (1633) dead,
who married Dorcas, daughter of .... Norfolke,* and James
Clerke of London, grocer, 1633, who married Sarah Harvey and
had a daughter, Mary Clerke, who was one year old in 1633. This
pedigree is signed by James Clerk (the grocer of London), and at
the top are the words: ''This descent not to be entred. refuseth to
pay fee nephew to the Lo. Treasurer." An editorial note states
that this pedigree has been erased in the original Visitation. It is
probable that the refusal of James Clerk to pay the required fee
was the reason for not entering the pedigree and for erasing it in
the original manuscript of the Visitation. It was easily ascertained
that the Lord Treasurer of England in 1633 was Richard Weston,
Earl of Portland, son of Sir Jerome Weston, and in the marriage
licences granted by the Bishop of London was found the licence
for the marriage of William Clerke, Gent., and Mary Weston,
daughter of Sir Jerome Weston. It then remained to search the
parish registers of East Farleigh, co. Kent, and there were found
recorded the baptisms of nine children of William Clerk, Gent.,
beginning with Weston, the eldest child, and ending with a post-
humous daughter, Mary. Among them was a son Jeram (sic),
who was the Jeremiah Clarke who emigrated to Rhode Island.
By means of a pedigree printed in the Visitation of Kent, 1619,
pages 2-3 (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 42), it is pos-
sible to trace the ancestry of James Clerke of East Farleigh, who
married Merie (Mary) Saxby and was the grandfather of Jeremiah
Clarke of Rhode Island, back for five generations, to John Clerk
of Forde in the parish of Wrotham, co. Kent, Esq.
From the preceding records, from the pedigrees in the Visitations
of Kent and of London, and from other records and authorities
cited below, the following genealogy showing the EngKsh ancestry
of Jeremiah Clarke of Rhode Island has been compiled.
1. John Clerk, of Forde in the parish of Wrotham, co. Kent,
Esq., lived probably in the first half of the fifteenth century.
According to Hasted (History of Kent), who wrote about 1782,
Forde Hall, formerly the seat of this family, lay about a mile and
a half eastward from Wrotham church, near Addington Common,
*The marriage licence shows that she was Dorcas Smith, daughter of Matthew of King's
Lynn, co. Norfolk, merchant. Vide infra, 7, i.
74 Genealogical Research in England [Jan.
and derived its name from the ford which crossed the brook that
ran close by the Hall to Leybourne and thence to the Medway.
In Hasted's time the house was occupied by a farmer. It is still
standing, and contains a curious and beautiful carved staircase.*
Child:
2. i. John.
2. John Clerke, of Forde, the testator of 1480, died between
10 Dec. 1480 and 10 Mar. 1480/1. He married about 1445
Alice Tatesham, living 10 Dec. 1480, daughter and coheir
of Tatesham of Tatesham, Esq. John Clerke was a
baron of the Exchequer from 10 Oct. 1468 until 1479, and
is mentioned as such in the Visitation of Kent, 1619.
Children :
i. IsoDiA, m. Thomas Selby of East Mailing, co. Kent, Gent.
3. ii. John.
iii. Alice, m. about 1465 Robert Watton of Addington, co. Kent,
Esq., who d. 19 Nov. 1470 and was bur. in Addington church,
s. of Wilham and Benedicta (Towne) of Towne Place in Throwley,
CO. Kent. They had issue. (Cf. Visitation of Kent, 1619, p. 9,
Watton pedigree.)
3. John Clerk, of Forde, Esq., son and heir of John (2), married,
about 1470, Lucia Moyle, daughter of Sir Walter Moyle,
Knight, and his wife Margaret.
Margaret Moyle, reUct of Walter Moyle, Knight, in her
will dated 20 Jan. 1491 [? 1491/2] and proved at Canterbury
1 June 1493, directs that her body shall be buried in the
quire of the blessed Mary of Estewell, close to the sepulture
of the said Walter Moyle, bequeaths 40s. to the fabrick of
the steeple of Charyng, and mentions Richard and John
Moyle, her sons, and Lucia Clerke, her daughter. (Nicolas's
Testamenta Vetusta, vol. 2, p. 402.)
Child:
4. i. James.
4. James Clerk, of Forde, Esq., son and heir of John (3), died at
Wrotham 20 Sept. 1554. He married, about 1508, Elizabeth
Ferrers, daughter of Sir Henry, Knight, and Margaret
(Heckstall) and sister of Sir Edward Ferrers of Baddesley
Chnton, co. Warwick, and Peckham, co. Kent, Knight
(Visitation of Warwickshire, 1619, page 5).t The Visitation
of Kent, 1619, erroneously states that EKzabeth, wife of
James Clerk, was a daughter of Sir Edward Ferrers; but
Sir Edward Ferrers in his will, dated 10 July 1535 (P. C. C,
Hogen, 29), mentions his daughter EKzabeth as the wife of
John Hampden and also leaves a legacy to his nephew George
Clerke.
•Arms of Clerke, according to the Visitation of Kent, 1619: Quarterly. 1. Or, on a bend
engrailed azure a cinquefoil of the field. 2. Argent, on a chevron gules between three columbines
azure as many crescents or. 3. Azure, a cross between five billets in saltire argent in each quarter.
4. Or, on a cross sable five crescents argent. Crest: A greyhound's head couped or, charged on
the neck with a cinquefoil azure.
tSir Henry Ferrers was eighth in descent from King Edward I of England.
1920] Genealogical Research in England 75
Children :
5. i. George, b. about 1510.
ii. Henry.
iii. Walter.
iv. John.
5. George Clerk, of Forde, Esq., son and heir of James (4),
born about 1510, was buried at Wrotham 8 Mar. 1558/9.*
He married, about 1533, Elizabeth Wilsforde, daughter of
Thomas, Esq., and EHzabeth (Culpepper) of Hartridge,
parish of Cranbrook, co. Kent (cf. Visitation of Kent, 1619,
pages 53, 62).
George Clarke is mentioned by Procter among those who,
at the time of Wyatt's Rebellion, marched from Mailing,
CO. Kent, with Lord Abergavenny and Sir Robert Southwell,
Sheriff, to intercept Sir Henry Isley and the two Knevetts,
who were marching from Sevenoaks, and prevent them from
joining Wyatt at Rochester. They effected their object by
defeating the rebels at Blackesol Field, Wrotham, 10 Feb.
1553/4. (Archceologia Cantiana, vol. 3, p. 180, footnote.)
Children :t
i. William, of Forde, Esq., s. and heir of George (5), b. about 1536;
d. 23 Mar. 1611/12, aged 76; bur. in Wrotham church 25 Mar.
1612 ;t m. (1) Anna Cartwriqht, dau. of Edmund, Esq., and
Agnes (Cranmer) of Ossington, co. Nottingham, Agnes Cranmer
being a sister of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury,
who was burned at the stake at Oxford 21 Mar. 1555/6 (cf.
Visitation of Nottinghamshire, pp. 71, 109); m. (2) Jane Samger,
who was bur. at Wrotham 28 Apr. 1598; m. (3) Elizabeth
(Aubrey) Norton of Northwood, dau. of Wilham Aubrey,
Esq., D.C.L., and widow of Thomas Norton of Northwood, Esq.
(cf. Berry's Pedigrees of the Famihes in the County of Kent,
p. 158). Administration on his estate was granted to his son.
Sir John Clerk of Forde, Knight. Children by first wife: 1.
Elizabeth, bapt. at Wrotham 8 Jan. 1561/2; m. there, 26 May
1584, Peter Parris of East Mailing, co. Kent. 2. Anne, bapt. at
Wrotham 9 July 1564; m. Richard Lee of Lee Magna, Esq. 3.
Frances, bapt. at Wrotham 23 May 1566; m. there, 4 Nov. 1606,
Edward Thedam of co. Essex. 4. Catherine, bapt. at Wrotham
29 Oct. 1567; bur. there 5 Oct. 1576. 5. James, bapt. at Wrotham
23 Nov. 1568; d. s. p. in France. 6. Jane, bapt. at Wrotham 2
Sept. 1571; m. Sir John Howell of Compe in Wrotham, Knight.
7. Mary, bapt. at Wrotham 13 May 1576; perhaps the Mary
Clerke, gentlewoman, who m. at Addington church, 8 Feb. 1620/1,
Rev. Robert Cheek, D. D. 8. Katherine, bapt. at Wrotham
10 Apr. 1580; m. George Chauncy of Hartford. 9. Dorothy,
bapt. at Wrotham 2 Sept. 1582. 10. William, bapt. at Wrotham
21 June 1585; probably d. young. 11. Sir John, of Forde, Knight,
s. and heir, d. 22 Aug. 1644; m. (marriage settlement dated 1
June 1608) Elizabeth Steed, dau. of Sir William of Harrietsham,
CO. Kent, Knight; three children given in the Visitation of Kent,
1619. §
•According to the inquisition post mortem of George Clerk, he died on "6 May last," that is,
6 May 1559; but 6 May is probably an error — either in the original inquisition or in the printed
abstract of it — for 6 Mar.
tCf. the inquisition post mortem of George Clerk, given above, and the Visitation of Kent,
1619, pp. 2, 3.
JCf. Archceologia Cantiana, vol. 4, pp. 246, 247.
§Cf . The Genealogist, New Series, vol. 13, p. 66, and Archceologia Cantiana, vol. 4, p. 247. The
place of Sir John among his brothers and sisters is uncertain, since the record of his baptism has
76 Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society [Jan.
6. ii. James, of East Farleigh, co. Kent, Gent., b. about 1540.
iii. George, Gent., m. at Wrotham, 11 Aug. 1572, Mrs. Winifred
' Peckham, dau. of Roger Peckham. Administration on the estate
of Roger Peckham of Wrotham was granted 4 Feb. 1620 to his
rehct Margaret. Either he was very aged, or the record refers
to his son Roger. Perhaps he was related to the Peckhams who
came to New England, one of whom, John Peckham, was an
original member of the First Baptist Church of Newport, R. I.,
and some of whom intermarried with the Clarke family in New
England. Children, bapt. at Wrotham: 1. Elizabeth^ bapt. 13
Dec. 1573. 2. William, bapt. 19 Dec. 1574.
iv. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Goulden or Godden of Leybourne, co.
Kent, Gent., who was bur. there 10 Sept. 1584. In the inquisition
Eost mortem on George Clerk, Esq., father of Elizabeth, her
usband is called Thomas Goodman {vide supra), but Godden
is probably the correct form of the surname.*
V. Thomas, of Wrotham and Canterbury, Gent., d. unm., and was
bur. at Wrotham 21 June 1618. His nuncupative will (vide
supra) was made the last of May or beginning of June 1618,
and administration was granted 20 Aug. 1618 to John Gierke
(5, i, 11).
vi. Reginald.
vii. Robert.
viii. Richard.
[The rest of the Clarke pedigree, with a brief account of the Weston family,
will be published in the Register of April 1920. — ^Editor.]
[To be continued]
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
By Henrt Edwards Scott, A.B., Recording Secretary
Boston, Massachusetts, 5 November 1919. A stated meeting of the Society
was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, at 2.30 P. M., President Baxter
presiding.
The minutes of the October meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted,
the Council reporting that since the October meeting members of the Society
had been elected as follows:
Pilgrim Tercentenary Members
Mary R. Cummings of Lisbon, N. H.
Lewis Emery, Jr., of Bradford, Pa.
Walter Hamer Langshaw of New Bedford, Mass.
Frederick K. Rupprecht of Greenwich, Conn.
Frederick Sturdivant Vaill of Portland, Me.
Charles Healy Ditson of New York City
not been found. The Visitation of Kent, however, gives James as the eldest son, and Sir John
as the son and heir of his father. His brother William is not given in the Visitation. If William
was older than Sir John, he must have died before his father. The three children of Sir John
who are given in the Visitation are William, eldest son, aged 9 years and more in 1619, Cecilia,
and John, aged 5 years and more in 1619. William, then Sir William Gierke of Forde, was a
Royalist in the Civil War, raised a regiment for the King at his own expense, and was killed in the
skirmish at Cropredy Bridge, 29 June 1644, aged 36 years, crying out as he fell: "Look to Sir
William Boteler, for I see he is wounded." {Archceologta Cantiana, vol. 16, pp. 69, 70.)
•See Arehaolooia Cantiana, vol. 4, p. 347.
1920] Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society 77
Samuel H. Wheeler ) c t7 • c i j r^
Frederick Sturges \ °^ Fairfield, Conn.
H. Wales Lines of Meriden, Conn.
Daniel F. Emery, Jr., of Portland, Me.
George E. Matthies of Seymour, Conn.
Andrew Squire of Cleveland, Ohio
Herbert Greer French of Cincinnati, Ohio
Guy Patterson Gannett of Augusta, Me.
WiUiam Storey Higgins of Bangor, Me.
Howard Elliott of New York City
Franklin Q. Brown of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Wilham L. Barrell of Lawrence, Mass.
Mrs. Freeman B. Shedd of Lowell, Mass.
Louis Hollingsworth of Pittsfield, Mass.
Henry Devereux Whiton of New York City
Esther Hinckley Baker of Providence, R. I.
Lucius Erskine Whiton of New London, Conn.
Louis R. Cheney of Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Robert Ives Gammell of Providence, R. I.
George Waldo Emerson of Danvers, Mass.
Life Member
Arthur White Tedcastle of Milton, Mass.
Resident Members
Mrs. Nettie Hall Norman of Fort Riley, Kans.
Lillian Maude Saunders of Hyde Park, Mass.
Lieut. Col. Marshall William Wood, U. S. A., of Boise, Idaho
Laurence Harper Norton of Cleveland, Ohio
The Council also reported that since the October meeting Helen Frances
Kimball, a Life Member of the Society, had become a Pilgrim Tercentenary
Member.
The Council also reported that invitations to become Honorary Members of
the Society had been extended in its name and had been accepted by His Majesty
Albert, King of the Belgians, and His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Council also reported the names of thirty-fire candidates for Pilgrim
Tercentenary Membership, one candidate for Life Membership, and four can-
didates for Resident Membership, stating that action by the Council on these
names would be in order after they had been posted for thirty days, in accordance
with the By-Laws.
On motion it was
Voted, That the Society proceed to the election of a Councillor, tice Charles Sherburne Pen-
hallow, resigned, and to the election of the Nominating Committee, agreeable to the provisions
of the By-Laws.
That three tellers be appointed by the Chair, and that said tellers shall distribute, receive,
sort, and count the ballots, and make a report at this meeting.
That the polls be now opened, and stand open until every member present has had oppor-
tunity to rote.
The Recording Secretary announced that Matt Bushnell Jones of Newton,
Mass., who had been nominated in accordance with the By-Laws as a candidate
for Councillor, vice Charles Sherburne Penhallow, resigned, and whose name
was printed on the ballot, had found that it would be impossible for him to
accept this position, if elected, and had withdrawn his name.
The Chair called for nominations for Councillor, and Vice-President Chase
nominated Myles Standish, M.D., of Boston, Mass. This nomination was
seconded, the Chair appointed as tellers Messrs. W. O. Comstock, Arthur W.
Peirce, and Hosea Starr Ballou, and the election by ballot of a Councillor and
of the Nominating Committee took place.
President Baxter then presented, as the speaker of the afternoon, James Ray-
mond Simmons, A.B., B.S., of Syracuse, N. Y., Secretary-Forester of the New
York State Forestry Association, who in an instructive lecture, entitled Three
Centuries of Historic Trees in Massachusetts ^ impressed upon his audience
the value of trees as memorials, said that they are the oldest living witnesses
78 Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society [Jan.
of the history of mankind, and declared that the strength of any nation may
be measured largely by the extent and quality of its forests. Mr. Simmons
illustrated his lecture by a series of beautiful lantern slides, showing some of
the most famous trees connected with historic events in Massachusetts.
Vice-President Chase, to whom President Baxter had resigned the chair,
then called for the report of the tellers, and, when this had been presented,
declared that Myles Standish, M. D., of Boston, Mass., had been elected Coun-
cillor f-or the term ending in February 1922, vice Charles Sherburne Penhallow,
resigned, and that George Walter Chamberlain of Maiden, Mrs. Ida Louise
Farr Miller of Wakefield, William Streeter Richardson of Canton, Myles
Standish, M. D., of Boston, and Mrs. Louie Dean White of Brookline had been
elected members of the Nominating Committee.
At 4.40 P. M. the Chair declared the meeting dissolved, and the members of
the Society, with their guests, enjoyed a social hour in the tea room.
3 December. A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ash-
burton Place, at 2.30 P. M., President Baxter presiding.
The minutes of the November meeting were approved, and the reports of
the Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted,
the Council reporting that since the November meeting members of the Society
had been elected as follows :
Honorary Members
His Majesty Albert, King of the Belgians
His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Pilgrim Tercentenary Members
Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem, Pa.
Carl Stoeckel of Norfolk, Conn.
George Stevens Page of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. William Lodge of Cincinnati, Ohio
Francis Laird Snowden of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Marvin A. Dean of Chicago, 111.
Albro Blodgett of Toledo, Ohio
James N. Jarvie of Montclair, N. J.
Samuel D. Stevens of Boston, Mass.
Warren Delano of New York City
Willard M. Clapp of Cleveland, Ohio
J. Lewis Wyckoff of Holyoke, Mass.
George Armsby of New York City
Alfred L. Shapleigh of St. Louis, Mo.
Lincoln E. Moses of Kansas City, Mo.
George H. Simonds of North Andover, Mass.
Fred F. Proctor of New York City
Mrs. Joseph A. Baker of Fall River, Mass.
ABBil"cock|<>fP-vidence,R.I.
Frederick Carleton Austin of Chicago, 111.
John Vacher Bacot of Utica, N. Y.
Harry Taft Hayward of Franklin, Mass.
Mrs. Elmer B. Adams of St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Isaac Stephenson of Milwaukee, Wis.
Wheeler H. Peckham of New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mrs. George W. Avery of Pasadena, Cal.
Life Member
Mrs. Elisha Turner of New London, Conn.
Resident Members
Rebecca Dodd of Dorchester, Mass.
Alice S. Dexter of Providence, R. I.
John W. Arnold of New York City
Mrs. William F. Warden of Boston, Mass.
The Council also reported that since the November meeting the fol-
1920] ' Notes 79
lowing Life Members of the Society had become Pilgrim Tercentenary
Members :
Elizabeth Mussey Eustis Henry Button Eustis
Mary St. Barbe Eustis
The Council also reported the names of thirty-five candidates for Pilgrim
Tercentenary Membership (in addition to the names of eight candidates re-
ported at the November meeting) and four candidates for Resident Membership,
stating that action by the Council on these names would be in order after they
had been posted for thirty days, in accordance with the By-Laws.
The Recording Secretary stated that he had been informed that the number
of those who had accepted Pilgrim Tercentenary Membership in the Society
since this form of membership was established in February, 1919, was now
three hundred, including nineteen Resident and Life Members, who had been
transferred to this new form of membership.
The report of the Nominating Committee was read and accepted, and on
motion it was
Voted, That the Nominating Committee, having performed its duties, be discharged.
The President appointed Messrs. William Streeter Richardson and William
Eben Stone as auditors to audit the accounts of the Treasurer for the current
year.
President Baxter then introduced, as the speaker of the afternoon, Walter
Elmore Fernald, M.D., of Waverley, Mass., Superintendent of the Massachu-
setts School for the Feeble-Minded, who, in a scholarly and instructive paper,
entitled The Eugenics of Genealogy, discussed the transmission by inheritance
of good and bad traits and tendencies, physical, mental, and moral, with es-
pecial reference to cases of hereditary feeble-mindedness. After the address
Dr. Fernald answered several questions that were asked by some of his hearers,
and the Society voted to extend to him its thanks.
At 4.20 P. M. the Chair declared the meeting dissolved, and the members of
the Society, with their guests, enjoyed the hospitality of the tea room.
NOTES
It having come to the attention of this Society that certain geneal-
ogists and publishers have used the name of the Society in con-
nection with their own enterprises, the Society again desires to
state that it has NO genealogical representatives in this country
or in England, nor is it in any way connected with any publications
other than those that it issues over its own name at 9 Ashburton
Place, Boston.
Carman. — The following records are written on the flyleaves of a book en-
titled "Cognitiones Christianismi : or, Rehgious Instructions, Expressive in
some Strictures of Christianity, conducing to HoUness & Happiness, from Holy
Church Her Writings. . . . mdccxlii."
Samuel Carman His Book
Samuel Carman was Born in January y© 15 In the year of our lord 1751
Lott Carman was born in April 14* In the year of our Lord 1753
Benjamin Carman was born in February 28 In the year of our lord 1755
John Carman was Born in February 26 In the year of our lord 1757
Jenuary th 18 in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
eighty fore Departed this Life Samuel Carman Sei^ Aged 65 years
•"14" written in pencil.
80
Notes
[Jan.
Samuel Carmn and Sarah Wright was marled the 7 Day of July in the year
of our lord 1773
Prudence Carman was born march the 1 in the year of our lord 1775
Polsy Carman was Born August the 14 in the year of our Lord 1776
Caleb Carman was born in February the 8 in the year of our Lord 1780
Zipporah Carman was Born April the 12 in the year of our lord 1787
Sarah Wright was born Octr the iGth 1755
EHsabeth Carman was born Ocf the 9th 1790
Samuel Carman Departed this Life the first of June 1799 Aged 48 years
4 Months and 16 Days
Prudence Carman Departed this Life the 28tt May 1793 Aged 18 years 2
Months and 28 Days
Ehabeth Carman Departed this Life the 6*^ of June 1793 Age^ 2 years
Months and 6 Days [sic]
Worcester, Mass. Clarence Saunders Brigham.
8
Historical Intelligence
Heraldry. — The Committee on Heraldrv^ of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society strongly recommends that all coats of arms which can be
proved to be authentic be offered for record
with this Society. The arrangements for the
making and preservation of such records are
complete, and the volume of recorded arms has
been begun by the entry therein of a number of
well-authenticated coats. Printed forms and
directions for the making of appUcations may
be obtained from the Committee, and aU com-
munications on this subject should be addressed
to the Committee on Heraldry, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton
Place, Boston.
Without taking any position with reference to
the propriety of assuming arms, the Committee
will be glad to examine arms or heraldic devices
which any person or organization desires to as-
sume, and give advice as id whether the same are heraldically correct or whether
they violate a right of exclusive use heretofore acquired by others.
Connecticut State Library. — George Seymour Godard, M. A., State
Librarian of Connecticut, has sent to the Register the following brief account
of the new duties placed upon the State Library by the Connecticut General
Assembly in 1919.
1. A Department of War Records was established, to continue the work
done by the Committee upon Historical Records established under the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense. The work of this Committee and Depart-
ment, of which the State Librarian was chairman and is director, is "To collect,
classify, index and install in the library all available material relating to Con-
necticut participation, public or private, in the world war, and thus to establish
a permanent and accessible record of its extent and character, such record to
be as complete and comprehensive as possible and to cover not only the activ-
ities of the state, its subdivisions and agencies, but also of Connecticut agencies
of the federal government, organizations of private persons, and of those indi-
viduals who were direct participants in the great struggle, whether as soldiers,
sailors, aviators or otherwise."
2. Identifying and Marking of Graves of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines.
The act reads: "The state hbrarian may cause to be located and permanently
identified the graves of all soldiers, sailors and marines, veterans of any war
in which the colony of Connecticut or the United States of America has been or
may be engaged, who are buried within the limits of this state. The sum of ten
thousand dollars is appropriated toward carrjong out the purposes of this act."
1920] Notes 81
3. The work of arranging, repairing, indexing, and making accessible the
Connecticut archives, original probate files, and public records not in current
use, deposited from various parts of the State, and special collections presented
to the Library, is being continued as heretofore.
4. The special work in connection with the Connecticut State Military-
Census, State Agricultural Survey, and State Industrial Survey has been merged
with the work of the Department of War Records, with an increased force of
assistants.
The Swett Collection of Bunker Hill Affidavits. — Mr. Artemas Ward
of 50 Union Square, New York City, wishes to locate the collection of affidavits,
etc. (nearly 200 items, including muster rolls, letters, certificates, etc.), gathered
in 1818 by Col. Samuel Swett when he was preparing his ''Historical and Topo-
graphical Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle." The history of this collection, down
to 1883, is, briefly, as follows:
In 1818, on the publication of his "Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle," Colonel
Swett deposited his "documents and proofs" with the Boston Athenaeum, in
order that, in the words of the author's preface, "the public may judge for
themselves." These "documents and proofs" constitute the Swett Collection
sought by Mr. Ward. It is entirely separate from the collection of Bunker
Hill affidavits or depositions taken by William Sullivan and others in 1825 and
discussed in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, First Series,
vol. 2, pp. 230-232. The two collections are clearly differentiated in Swett's
"Notes to the Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle," printed in the second edition of
that book, 1825 (cf. pp. 3, note, and 10), and also in Frothingham's "Siege of
Boston," first edition (p. 380, paragraphs 3 and 8) and later editions.
In 1825, in his "Notes to the Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle," Colonel Swett
said that he copied statements from the Boston Centinel because the originals
(part of the Swett Collection now sought) "had been lost from the Boston
Athenseum." They were, however, subsequently found, as is noted in manu-
script on many copies of the "Notes."
In 1849 Frothingham made use of the Collection in the preparation of his
"Siege of Boston." (See first edition, 1849, p. 121, note, and also later editions.)
In 1883 the Collection was offered for sale for $200 in the catalogue pub-
lished in May of that year by the late C. L. Woodward, then of 78 Nassau Street,
New York City; but Mr. Ward has not been able to find out when the Collec-
tion was sold from the Woodward stock or who bought it. An annotated set of
the Woodward catalogues is in the possession of the American Antiquarian
Society, Worcester, Mass., and the manuscript notes in the catalogue for May
1883 name the buyers of a majority of the titles but, unfortunately, not the
buyer of the Swett Collection.
Mr. Ward has found no trace of the Collection after 1883. Any information
about it or any clue to its whereabouts will be gratefully appreciated by him.
Genealogies in Preparation. — Persons of the several names are advised
to furnish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families
and other information which they think may be useful. We would suggest that
all facts of interest illustrating family history or character be communicated,
especially service under the U. S. Government, the holding of other offices, grad-
uation from college or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates
of birth, marriage, residence, and death. All names should be given in full if
possible. No initials should be used when the full name is known.
Albright. — John, born in England (probably in Buckinghamshire or Bedford-
shire) about 1745, by Rev. Manley F. AUbright, 31 Quint Ave., Allston, Mass.
Blackleach. — Richard, born in 1653, died at Stratford, Conn., 4 Nov. 1731,
by Rev. Manley F. AUbright, 31 Quint Avenue, Allston, Mass.
Hurd. — Daniel, born probably at Woodstock, Conn., died probably at Sandis-
field, Mass., married, probably at Sandisfield, 5 Feb. 1771, Rebecca Smith,
by Rev. Manley F. Allbright, 31 Quint Avenue, Allston, Mass.
Ingersoll (Ingerson). — Jonathan, born at Poundridge, N. Y., or Long Ridge,
Conn., 24 Feb. 1733, died at Greenfield or Milton, N. Y., 24 Jan. 1819,
by Rev. Manley F. Allbright, 31 Quint Avenue, Allston, Mass.
82 Recent Books [Jan.]
Manley. — Capt. William, born at Charlestown, Mass., 30 Jan. 1703, died at
Windsor, Conn., 11 Nov. 1788, by Rev, Manley F. Allbright, 31 Quint Avenue,
Allston, Mass.
Smith. — Justus, born in 1778, died at Sandisfield, Mass., 15 Mar. 1812, by
Rev. Manley F. Allbright, 31 Quint Avenue, Allston, Mass.
RECENT BOOKS
[The Editor particularly requests persons sending books for listing in the Register to state,
for the information of readers, the price of each book, with the amount to be added for postage
when sent by mail, and from whom it may be ordered. For the January issue, books should be
received by Nov. 1; for April, by Feb. 1; for July, by May 1; and for October, by July 1.]
GENEALOGICAL
Gary genealogy. The Virginia Carys, an essay in genealogy. New York,
The De Vinne Press, 1919. 29 + 194 p. fcsm. geneal. tab. map pi. por. 8°
Curzon genealogy. The Curzon family of New York and Baltimore and their
English descent. By J[acob] Hall Pleasants, M. D. [Privately printed.] Balti-
more, 1919. 9 -|- 75 p. fcsm. geneal. tab. il. pi. por. F°
Fales genealogy. The Fales family of Bristol, R. I., ancestry of Haliburton
Fales of New York. By De Coursey Fales. Privately printed. [T. R. Marvin
& Son, printers.] 1919. 332 p. fcsm. pi. por. S°
Putnam genealogy. Genealogical sketch of the Andrew Putnam family.
By Judge Job Barnard. For the Chautauqua County Historical Society, 1916
(partly revised, 1918). Conneaut, Ohio, published by The Conneaut Printing
Co., 1919. 29 + [2] p. 8°
BIOGRAPHICAL
Harvard College, Class of 1894. Harvard College, Class of 1894, twenty-
fifth anniversary report, 1894-1919. Norwood, Mass., privately printed for
the Class by the PUmpton Press. 24 + 647 p. por. 8°
HISTORICAL
(a) General
Massachusetts Bay, Province of, acts and resolves. The acts and resolves,
public and private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: to which are
prefixed the charters of the Province. With historical and explanatory notes,
and an appendix. Vol. 20, being vol. 15 of the appendix. Containing resolves,
etc., 1777-1778. Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1918. 830 p. 4°
(6) Local
Belfast, Me., vital records. Vital records of Belfast, Maine, to the year
1892. Vol. 1. Births. Editor, Alfred Johnson, A. M., Litt. D. Committee
on Publication, Henry Sewall Webster, A. M., Alfred Johnson, A. M., Litt. D.
Published under authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1917. 213 p. S°
Bellingham, Mass., history. History of the town of Bellingham, Mass.,
1719-1919. By George F[airbanks] Partridge. Published by the Town, 1919.
221 p. fcsm. map pi. por. 8°
Westfield, Mass., history. A history of the town of Westfield. Compiled
for the public schools from Greenough's history of Westfield in the Annals of
Hampden County and other sources. By Chester D. Stiles. Westfield, Mass.,
J. D. Cadle & Co., 1919. 50 p. 8°
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Dwing to the large number of letters received by the officers of the New England
oric Genealogical Society, asking for genealogical or other information, to answer
h satisfactorily would in many cases require extended investigations, it has
me impossible for them to give personal attention to such inquiries, nor is
racticable to refer these letters to any of the assistants in the employ of the
ety, because their time is occupied fully by their regular duties. The officers,
aver, are glad to help those seeking information by calling attention to the expert
ices of the genealogists, book dealers, printers and publishers, engravers and
ographers, manufacturers of paper, etc., who advertise in the following pages,
irers should make their own business arrangements with those whose names are
1 below, as the Society assumes NO responsibility in the matter.
DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
LAWRENCE BRAINERD
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
alogist
irch Work
Family Trees Prepared
Terms on Application
REBECCA DODD
14 Wales Street, Dorchester, Mass.
Genealogist
^UCIA RUSSELL FELLOWS
30 U Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Summer Address: Ellsworth, Me.
tecialist in migrations from New England
imilies Traced Genealogies prepared
VIRGINIA HALL
19 West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass.
MARY LOVERING HOLMAN
iO Winsor Avenue, Watertown, Mass.
Genealogist
Twenty years experience
IRS. WILLIAM S. KELSEY
52 Allston Heights, Allston District,
Boston, Mass.
GENEALOGIST
Connecticut Research a Specialty
MRS. FRANK B. KINGSBURY
Surry Road, Keene, N. H.
Research work connected with Acworth, Alstead,
Sullivan, Walpole, Surry, Westmoreland, Keene,
and other towns in Cheshire County, N. H.
Probate and Land Records copied
CHARLES THORNTON LIBBY
Portland, Me., U. S. A.
Baffling genealogical problems solicited. Manu-
scripts edited to guard against spuiious or not
proven descents. Too often a man of means un-
consciously provides financial backing for mere
family camouflage
MRS. JESSIE A. PORTER
95 Euclid Avenue, Springfield, Mass.
Records of Western Massachusetts and Connect-
icut: Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield, North
Adams, Pittsfield, Great Harrington, and Hart-
ford, examimed.
FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR
Middletown, Conn.
Connecticut Research a Specialty
Has genealogical notes on the families of
Ancient Middletown and copies of over
11,000 gravestone inscriptions in
Middlesex County
CHARLES M. THATCHER
Middleborough, Mass.
Town, County, or State Records. Wills and Deeds
searched for genealogy
Has copied over i8,ooo cemetery inscriptions
in Plymouth County
MRS. SUSAN COTTON TUFTS
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
GENEALOGIST
Former Genealogist of the Massachusetts
Society of Colonial Dames
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DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
FLORENCE E. YOUNGS
5 West 16th Street. New York, N. Y.
Specialist in migrations from New England.
Large collection of unprinted American and
European records. Annual trips abroad
ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
MRS. ELIZABEXH (FRENCH) BARXLETX
Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Record Searcher for the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 1908-1917, will resume work in England in the spring of 1920
Valuable Material regarding English Homes of American Settlers, and Lists of Passengers to New E U
(1635-1637), Colonial Soldiers, and Prisoners in the War of 1812— all unprinted. British and iXe
can Research undertaken. Genealogies compiled and edited
9 ASHBURTON PLACE. BOSTON 118 CHANCERY LANE, LOIK
J. GARDNER BARXLETX
Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
Expert Specialist on English Ancestry of Early Settlers of New England ||
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, and 118 CHANCERY LANE. LONDON i
Author of Coe, Newberry, Talbot, Hill, Wilson, Jones, Belcher, and Stone g eneagi
MR. XHOS. M. BLAGG
(Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Honorary General Editor of the "Index Library" (British Record Society), and Chief Editor o
more's Parish Register Series, undertakes searches for Private Clients in London,
the Provinces, Scotland, Ireland, and elsewhere
Specialties: English Parish Registers and Provincial Probate Courts
120 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
DEALERS IN GENEALOGICAL BOOKS
COLESWORTHY'S BOOKSTORE
66 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Historical and Genealogical Books
bought, sold, and exchanged
Established 1838
A. J. HUSTON
92 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.
Genealogy, Americana, and
Books on Maine
NOAH F. MORRISON
314 W. Jersey Street, Elizabeth, N.
Genealogies and Ameria
Catalogues sent upon request
WILDER'S BOOKSHOP
46 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Makes a Specialty of Dealing in and
ing for books on GENEALOGICAL AN! I
TORICAL SUBJECTS. Carries in sto( f
4000 to 5000 books on AMERICAN LOCA /
FAMILY HISTORY. Genealogical Resir
Conducted
ENGRAVERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
A. W. ELSON & COMPANY
School Street, Belmont, Mass.
PHOTOGRAVURE REPRODUCTIONS
of Portraits, Manuscripts, Views, etc., for Gene-
alogies, Town Histories, and the Illustration of
Books in general. Send for samples, free, stating
your requirements
[v]
PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
By the Treasurer of the N. E, Historic Genealogical Society
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass,
PRICE LIST, 1920
THE REGISTER
The New England Historical and Gene-
ogical Register, established in 1847 and
jbUshed quarterly, in January, April,
ily, and October. Each number contains
ghty or more octaro pages of valuable
id interesting matter concerning the
istory. Antiquities, Genealogy, and
iography of America, printed on dura-
e paper made especially for the Society,
ith an engraved portrait. Complete
dexes to each volume appear with
le January number of the following
;ar. Subscription, $5.00 per year in
Ivance, commencing in January. Cur-
nt single numbers, $1.00. Supple-
ent to April number, $1.00. Prices
complete sets, odd volumes, and single
imbers quoted on application. Unobjec-
Dnable advertisements accepted at rea-
nable rates.
Consolidated Index of the New England
istorical and Genealogical Register, Vols.
50. Index of Persons (A to Z), Index of
ibjects, and Index of Places. Price for
;e complete work, bound in cloth, 4 vols.,
.00.
The Register with its Consolidated
.dex is indispensable to family historians,
:nealogists, and all persons seeking in-
imation about American families. The
nnber of complete sets in existence is
nited, and their value is constantly
creasing.
ENGLISH RESEARCH
Genealogical Gleanings in England, by
enry FitzGilbert Waters, A.M. These
leanings abound in clues, which, if prop-
ly followed up, wiU enable the geneal-
jist to pursue in the mother country
vestigations which without such aid
3uld be practically impossible. 2 vols.,
'43 pages. Cloth. $10.00
Abstracts of Wills in the Prerogative
)urt of Canterbury, at Somerset House,
mdon, England. Register Soame, 1620.
tie volume contains, in 607 pages, 1366
Us, comprising about 40,000 names of
irsons and over 10,000 names of places.
$6.00
nigrants. Emigrants from England,
1773-1776. 1913. 206 pages. $4.00
nigrants. List of Emigrants to America
from Liverpool, 1697-1707. 1913.
65 pages. $1.00
Research in England. An essay to aid the
student. Lea. 1905. 36 pages. $1 . 00
VITAL RECORDS
Massachusetts Vital Records. The
Births, Marriages, and Deaths recorded in
towns in Massachusetts, from their found-
ing to the year 1850, taken from the
onginal records of the town, arranged in
alphabetical order, printed on paper made
especially for the Society, and bound in
cloth. These books are most useful to
those seeking genealogical information
about ancestors who lived in these towns.
Published by the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society:
Abington, 1912. 2 vols., 632 pages. $8 . 00
Alford, 1902. 32 pages. .75
Arlington, 1904. 162 pages. 2.25
Becket, 1903. 98 pages. 1.25
Bedford, 1903. 142 pages. 1.75
Belhngham, 1904. 222 pages.
1.25
1.50
4.00
iiecaora, lyucs. i4z pages.
Bellingham, 1904. 222 pages. 2.75
Billerica, 1908. 405 pages. 5.25
Bridgewater, 1916. 2 vols., 948 pages.12.00
Brockton, 1911. 371 pages. 4.75
Carver, 1911. 179 pages. 2.25
Charlemont, 1917. 166 pages. 2.25
Chester, 1911. 255 pages. 3.25
Chilmark, 1904. 96 pages. 1.25
Dalton, 1906. 82 pages.
Dover, 1908. 107 pages.
Dracut, 1907. 302 pages. *.uu
Duxbury, 1911. 446 pages. 6.75
E. Bridgewater, 1917. 406 pages. 5.25
Edgartown, 1906. 276 pages. 3.60
Foxborough, 1911. 249 pages. 3.25
/-:„ in^. r.^ 1 25
3.00
1.25
3.75
1.60
1.75
1.25
4.50
6.00
6.00
3.00
2.25
3.25
6.00
4.60
1.73
1.50
1.00
ii^dgartown, lyuo.
Foxborough, 1911. z-iy pag(
Gill, 1904. 97 pages.
Granville, 1914. 236 pages.
Gr. Barrington, 1904. 89 pages.
Greenfield, 1915. 299 pages.
Hanson, 1911. 110 pages.
Heath, 1915. 142 pages.
Hinsdale, 1902. 98 pages.
Holliston, 1908. 358 pages.
Hopkinton, 1911. 462 pages.
Kingston, 1911. 396 pages.
Lee, 1903. 239 pages.
Lincoln, 1908. 179 pages.
Medfield, 1903, 243 pages.
Medford, 1907. 469 pages.
Med way, 1905. 345 pages.
Middlefield, 1907. 138 pages.
Montgomery, 1902. 66 pages. 1 . 5U
New Ashford, 1916. 43 pages. 1.00
New Braintree, 1904. 163 pages. 2.25
Newton, 1905. 521 pages. 6.50
Norton, 1906. 405 pages. fi.25
Palmer, 1905. 242 pages. 3.00
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DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
FLORENCE E. YOUNGS
5 West 16th Street, New York, N. Y.
Specialist in migrations from New England.
Large collection of unprinted American and
European records. Azmual trips abroad
ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
MRS. ELIZABETH (FRENCH) BARXLETX
Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Record Searcher for the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 1908-1917, will restmie work in England in the spring of 1920
Valuable Material regarding English Homes of American Settlers, and Lists of Passengers to New Engla
(1635-1637), Colonial Soldiers, and Prisoners in the War of 1812 — all unprinted. British and Ame
can Research undertaken. Genealogies compiled and edited
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON 118 CHANCERY LANE, LOND(
J. GARDNER BARXLETX
Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
Expert Specialist on English Ancestry of Early Settlers of New England
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, and 118 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
Author of Coe, Newberry, Talbot, Hill, Wilson, Jones, Belcher, and Stone genealogs
MR. XHOS. M. BLAGG
(Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society) J
Honorary General Editor of the "Index Library" (British Record Society), and Chief Editor of Phr
more's Parish Register Series, undertakes searches for Private Clients in London,
the Provinces, Scotland, Ireland, and elsewhere
Specialties: English Parish Registers and Provincial Probate Courts
120 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
DEALERS IN GENEALOGICAL BOOKS
COLESWORTHY'S BOOKSTORE
66 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Historical and Genealogical Books
bought, sold, and exchanged
Established 1838
NOAH F. MORRISON
314 W. Jersey Street, Elizabeth, N. J.
Genealogies and America
Catalogues sent upon request
A. J. HUSTON
92 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.
Genealogy, Americana, and
Books on Maine
WILDER'S BOOKSHOP
46 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Makes a Specialty of Dealing in and Sea
ingfor books on GENEALOGICAL AND 1
TORICAL SUBJECTS. Carries in stock f
4000 to 5000 books on AMERICAN LOCAL /
FAMILY HISTORY. Genealogical Reseat
Conducted
ENGRAVERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
A. W. ELSON & COMPANY
School Street, Belmont, Mass.
PHOTOGRAVURE REPRODUCTIONS
of Portraits, Manuscripts, Views, etc., for Gene-
alogies, Town Histories, and the Illustration of
Books in general. Send for samples, free, stating
your requirements
^
[v]
PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
By the Treasurer of the N. E, Historic Genealogical Society
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass,
PRICE LIST, 1920
THE REGISTER
le New England Historical and Gene-
cal Register, established in 1847 and
ished quarterly, in January, April,
and October. Each number contains
y or more octaro pages of valuable
interesting matter concerning the
Dry, Antiquities, Genealogy, and
raphy of America, printed on dura-
taper made especially for the Society,
an engraved portrait. Complete
ces to each volume appear with
January number of the following
Subscription, $5.00 per year in
nee, commencing in January. Cur-
single numbers, $1.00. Supple-
: to April number, $1.00. Prices
)mplete sets, odd volumes, and single
bers quoted on application. Unobjec-
ible advertisements accepted at rea-
ble rates.
)nsolidated Index of the New England
orical and Genealogical Register, Vols.
. Index of Persons (A to Z), Index of
ects, and Index of Places. Price for
omplete work, bound in cloth, 4 vols.,
le Register with its Consolidated
X is indispensable to family historians,
alogists, and all persons seeking in-
ation about American families. The
ber of complete sets in existence is
ed, and their value is constantly
iasing.
ENGLISH RESEARCH
jnealogical Gleanings in England, by
ry FitzGilbert Waters, A.M. These
nings abound in clues, which, if prop-
followed up, will enable the geneal-
' to pursue in the mother country
3tigations which without such aid
d be practically impossible. 2 vols.,
pages. Cloth. $10.00
)stracts of Wills in the Prerogative
•t of Canterbury, at Somerset House,
ion, England. Register Soame, 1620.
volume contains, in 607 pages, 1366
, comprising about 40,000 names of
3n8 and over 10,000 names of places.
$6.00
grants. Emigrants from England,
1773-1776. 1913. 206 pages. $4.00
^ants. List of Emigrants to America
from Liverpool, 1697-1707. 1913.
65 pages. $1.00
Research in England. An essay to aid the
student. Lea. 1905. 36 pages. $1 . 00
VITAL RECORDS
Massachusetts Vital Records. The
Births, Marriages, and Deaths recorded in
towns in Massachusetts, from their found-
ing to the year 1850, taken from the
original records of the town, arranged in
alphabetical order, printed on paper made
especially for the Society, and bound in
cloth. These books are most useful to
those seeking genealogical information
about ancestors who lived in these towns.
Published by the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society:
Abington, 1912. 2 vols., 632 pages. $8 . 00
.75
2.25
1.25
1.75
2.75
5.25
Alford, 1902. 32 pages.
Arhngton, 1904. 162 pages.
Becket, 1903. 98 pages.
Bedford, 1903. 142 pages.
BelHngham, 1904. 222 pages.
Billerica, 1908. 405 pages.
Bridgewater, 1916. 2 vols., 948 pages.l2 . 00
Brockton, 1911. 371 pages. 4.75
Carver, 1911. 179 pages. 2.25
Charlemont, 1917. 166 pages. 2.25
Chester, 1911. 255 pages. 3.25
Chilmark, 1904. 96 pages. 1.25
Dalton, 1906. 82 pages. 1 . 25
Dover. 1908. 107 pages. 1.50
Dracut, 1907. 302 pages. 4.00
Duxbury, 1911. 446 pages. 6.75
E. Bridgewater, 1917. 406 pages. 5.25
Edgartown, 1906. 276 pages. 3.50
Foxborough, 1911. 249 pages. 3.25
Gill, 1904. 97 pages. 1.25
GranviUe, 1914. 236 pages. 3.00
Or. Barrington, 1904. 89 pages. 1.25
Greenfield, 1915. 299 pages. 3.75
Hanson, 1911. 110 pages. 1 .50
Heath, 1915. 142 pages. 1 . 75
Hinsdale, 1902. 98 pages. 1 . 25
Holliston, 1908. 358 pages. 4.50
Hopkinton, 1911. 462 pages. 6.00
Kingston, 1911. 396 pages. 6.00
Lee, 1903. 239 pages. 3.00
Lincoln, 1908. 179 pages. 2.25
Medfield, 1903. 243 pages. 3 . 25
Medford, 1907. 469 pages. 6.00
Medway, 1905. 345 pages. 4.60
Middlefield, 1907. 138 pages. 1 . 75
Montgomery, 1902. 66 pages. 1 . 60
New Ashf ord, 1916. 43 pages. 1 . 00
New Braintree, 1904. 163 pages. 2.25
Newton, 1905. 521 pages. 6.50
Norton, 1906. 405 pages. 5.25
Palmer, 1905. 242 pages. 3.00
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PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
By the Treasurer of the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass,
Pelham, 1902. 177 pages. $2 . 25
Pembroke, 1911. 465 pages. 6.00
Peru, 1902. 1 12 pages. 1 . 50
Richmond, 1913. 113 pages. 1.50
Rochester, 1914. 2 vols., 768 pages. 9.75
Scituate, 1909. 2 vols., 909 pages. 11.50
Shirley, 1918. 211 pages. 2.75
Stow, 1911. 270 pages. 3.50
Sturbridge, 1906. 393 pages. 5.00
Sudbm-y, 1903. 332 pages. 4.25
Tisbury, 1910. 244 pages. 3.25
Tyringham, 1903. 108 pages. 1 . 50
Walpole, 1902. 216 pages. 2 . 75
Waltham, 1904. 298 pages. 3.75
Washington, 1904. 57 pages. .75
Wayland, 1910. 160 pages. 2.25
W. Bridgewater, 1911. 222 pages. 3.00
W. Stockbridge, 1907. 115 pages. 1 . 50
Westport, 1918. 296 pages. 3.75
Weymouth, 1910. 2 vols., 735 pages. 9.25
Wilhamstown, 1907. 173 pages. 2.25
Windsor, 1917. 153 pages. 2.00
Worthington, 1911. 159 pages. 2.00
Published by Thomas W. Baldwin:*
Boxborough, 1915. 78 pages. $1 . 25
Burhngton, 1915. 100 pages. 1 . 25
Cambridge, 1914 and 1915. 2 vols.,
1742 pages. 20.00
Chelsea, 1916. 558 pages. 7.00
Cohasset, 1916. 237 pages. 3.25
Framingham, 1911. 474 pages. 6.00
HuU, 1911. 75 pages. 1.25
Natick, 1910. 249 pages. 3.25
Northbridge, 1916. 202 pages. 3 . 00
Reading, 1912. 586 pages. 7.00
Sherborn, 1911. 229 pages. 3.00
Uxbridge, 1916. 420 pages. 5.50
Wakefield, 1912. 341 pages. 4.50
Wrentham, 1910. Vol. 1 (Births)
only, 237 pages. 3.00
Published by the Tops field Hist. Society:*
Amesbury, 1913. 600 pages. S6.25
Andover, 1912. 2 vols., 966 pages. 10.00
Beverly, 1906 and 1907. 2 vols.,
1027 pages. 10.75
Boxford, 1905. 274 pages. 3.00
Bradford, 1907. 373 pages. 4.00
Haverhill, 1910 and 1911. 2 vols.,
827 pages. 8.75
Methuen, 1909. 345 pages. 3 . 75
Middleton, 1904. 143 pages. 1.60
Salisbury, 1915. 636 pages. 7.50
Topsfield (to 1900), 1903 and 1916.
2 vols., 509 pages. 5 . 50
* Only a limited number of the books of these
publishers are available; some are entirely out of
print.
BIOGRAPHIES
Memorial Biographies of Deceased
Members of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, Vols. 1-9, coi
taining memoirs of members who die
previous to 1890. This series of volumi
is replete with historic and biographic lor
of constantly increasing value — grei
pains having been taken to make tl
memoirs complete and accurate. Only
small edition is printed. Vols. 1-3, $3.(;
each; vols. 4 and 5, $2.00 each; vols. 6-
$1.00 each. Complete set, $15.00.
Davidson. Reminiscences of John D
vidson, a Maine pioneer. Johnson. 191
16 pages. $0.'
Ensign. Memoir of Charles Sidney E:
sign, LL.B. Ensign. 1918. 10 page
with portrait and autograph. $0.1 1
Gay. Memoir of Frederick Lewis Ga
A.B. Edmonds. 1917. 9 pages, wi
portrait and autograph. $0.i
Sanborn. Memoir of FrankHn Benj
min Sanborn, A.B. Sanborn. 1917.
pages, with portrait and autograph. $0 . j
Standish. Graves of Myles Standis
Huiginn. 1914. 218 pages. Cloth. $1.,
Tucker. Life of Commodore Samu
Tucker. Shepard. 1868. 384 pag(
Cloth. $3.1
Waters. Memoir of Henry FitzGilbe
Waters, A.M. Hosmer. 1914. 17 pag<
with portrait and autograph. $0.
GENEALOGIES
Ainsworth. Ainsworth families in Anw
ica. Parker. 1894. 212 pag<
Cloth. $3.
Andrews. John^ Andrews of Ipswic
Mass., and Norwich, Conn., and soi
of his descendants. Goodell. 191
30 pages. $1 .
Bacon. Michael Bacon of Dedham, 16^
and his descendants. Baldwin. 191
420 pages. lUus. Folding gene
tab. Cloth. $8.
Batchelder. Batchelder, Batcheller gei
alogy. Descendants of Rev. Steph
Bachiler of New Hampton, N. H , a
Joseph, Henry, Joshua, and Jo
Batcheller of Essex Co., Mass. Pier<
1898. 623 pages. Cloth. $10.
Bates. Genealogy of the descendants
Edward Bates of Weymouth, Ma
Bates. 143 pages. Cloth. $2.
Belcher. The Belcher families in New Er
land. Bartlett. 1906. 32 pages, $1.
Belknap. The English ancestry of Abii
ham Belknap. Belknap. 1914. 1
pages. $0.
Benton. Caleb Benton and Sarah Bish(
their ancestors and their descei
ants. Benton. 1906. 92 pagj
Cloth. $3.
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APRIL, 1920
HON. WILLIAM PAINE SHEFFIELD, A.M.
By Rev. Lewis Wilder Hicks, M.A., of Wellesley, Mass.
William Paine Sheffield, of Newport, R. I., elected a resident
member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1912,
made a life member 27 January 1919, and from 5 February 1913
until his death Vice-President of the Society for Rhode Island, died
suddenly at his summer residence, the old Wells farmhouse near
Miskiania Camp in Exeter, R. L, 19 October 1919. He was born
at Newport 1 June 1857, the son of William Paine and Lilias White
(Sanford) Sheffield.
From the early days of the English settlement in Rhode Island
the Sheffield family has held a worthy and prominent place in its
annals. Edmund^ Sheffield, of Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England, was the
father of Ichabod^ Sheffield, who was baptized in the parish of
St. Peter, Sudbury, 23 Dec. 1630, was of Portsmouth and Newport,
R. I., in 1648, and married, in 1660, Mary, daughter of George and
Frances Parker. Ichabod Sheffield served as a deputy in the Colo-
nial Assembly in 1690, and died 4 February 1712.
His son, Joseph^ Sheffield, of Portsmouth, the eldest of five children
(four sons and a daughter), was born 22 August 1661, married, 12
February 1685 [1684/5], Mary Shrieve, daughter of Thomas Shrieve
of Plymouth and Portsmouth, and died in 1706, his wife dying in the
same year. He was deputy in 1696, and assistant from 1696 to
1705, except in 1697. He was appointed agent of the Colony in
England in 1700 and 1703, and was attorney general in 1704, 1705,
and 1706. He had four sons and three daughters.
His son, Edmund^ Sheffield, of North Kingstown, Exeter, and
Block Island, was born 5 April 1694, and married, 5 April 1719,
Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Gardiner of Kingstown. He was a large
landholder on Block Island, and a deputy in the Colonial Assembly.
Capt. Josiah^ Sheffield, son of Edmund,^ was admitted a freeman
at New Shoreham (Block Island) in 1760, and married, 8 January
1761, Sarah, daughter of George Gardiner of South Kingstown.
He also was a deputy in the Assembly. The births of two sons and
two daughters are entered in the records of New Shoreham.
Edmund^ Sheffield, third child and second son of Josiah,^ was
born 7 December 1765, and married, 28 January 1790, Mercy, daugh-
VOL. LXXIV. 6
84 William Paine Sheffield [April
ter of Caleb Littlefield, Esq., a member of the New Shoreham Com-
mittee of Correspondence and a descendant of Edmond Littlefield,
one of the early settlers at Wells, Me.* The births of three sons
and three daughters of Edmund and Mercy Sheffield are recorded
at New Shoreham.
George Gardiner"^ Sheffield, second son and second child of
Edmund,^ was born 24 February 1792, and married, 4 January 1816,
Eliza, daughter of William L. (a farmer of New Shoreham) and Mary
(Clark) Paine. In early life Mr. Sheffield was a Jeffersonian Demo-
crat, but in 1856 he associated himself with the newly-formed Repub-
lican Party. He was active in town affairs and in poUtics, and held
various offices of trust and honor, serving for several terms as
representative of his town in the General Assembly of Rhode
Island. He died in 1871 at South Lyme, Conn., which had been
his home for the few years immediately preceding his death.
WilKam. Paine^ Sheffield, of Newport, son of George Gardiner^
and father of the subject of this memoir, was born in the town of New
Shoreham (Block Island) 29 August 1819, and died at his home in
Newport 2 June 1907. He was educated at the Kingstown (R. I.)
Academy and by private tutors, and then entered upon the study
of law. While still a very young man he began his political career,
serving in 1841 as a delegate to the 'landholders' Convention,"
which met for the purpose of preparing a new constitution for the
State, and being in 1842 a member of the General Assembly, where
he took a firm stand for law and order as opposed to ^'Dorrism.'' In
1843 and 1844, while he was pursuing his studies in law, he was
again a member of the General Assembly from New Shoreham. He
was a student at the Harvard Law School for a part of the year
1844, and in the same year was admitted to the Rhode Island bar.
He began the practice of his profession at Tiverton, R. I., and repre-
sented that town in the lower branch of the Rhode Island Legislature
in 1849, 1851, and 1852. Removing soon afterwards to Newport, he
was elected to the General Assembly from that city, serving from
1857 to 1861, when he took his seat as a member of the House of
Representatives in the Thirty-seventh Congress (4 July 1861-
3 March 1863), to which he had been elected, as a Unionist, in 1860.
After the expiration of his congressional term he was again elected,
in 1863, to represent Newport in the General Assembly of Rhode
Island, and, with the exception of the years 1873 and 1874, was re-
elected annually to the Assembly, until 1884. Governor Bourn then
appointed him to the seat in the United States Senate made vacant
by the death of Henry Bowen Anthony, and he took his seat 2
December 1884 and served until 20 January 1885, when a senator
was elected by the Legislature. In the Rhode Island General
Assembly Mr. Sheffield was an able member of the standing commit-
tee of the House on the Judiciary, and in 1869 he served on a select
committee to revise the laws of the State. He was a ready speaker
and wrote many important monographs on legal and historical
subjects. He was prominent in the affairs of his home city, and
was a leader in finance, the oldest member of the corporation of the
* Cf. Register, vol. 67, pp. 346-348.
1920] William Paine Sheffield 85
Redwood Library, president and director of the People's Free
Library, vice-president of the Newport Historical Society, a member
pf the Society of the Cincinnati, and chairman of the committee
appointed to receive in Rhode Island the French delegates who
came to the United States to take part in the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
From Brown University he received the honorary degrees of Master
of Arts and of Doctor of Laws. In 1847 he married Lilias White
Sanford, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Bodge) Sanford of Boston
and a descendant of John Sanford, who was one of the earliest
settlers of Rhode Island and president of Portsmouth and Newport
from May 1653 to May 1654.
William Paine^ Sheffield, the subject of this memoir, only son of
William Paine^ and Lilias White (Sanford), received his early educa-
tion in private schools in his native city, entered Phillips Andover
Academy, where he was graduated with honor in 1873, and then
was admitted to Brown University, where he won the degree of Bach-
elor of Arts in 1877, graduating with the highest honors. In 1880
his alma mater conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts. He
studied civil and Roman law at the University of Paris, and, on his
return from abroad, continued his law studies at the Harvard Law
School, where he was enrolled as a student in 1878-9, and in the
office of his father. He was admitted to the Rhode Island bar 1
March 1880, and continued in the active practice of his profession
until a short time before his death. Since the death of his father,
in 1907, he had been the head of the law firm of Sheffield and Harvey,
of Newport.
In 1880 Mr. Sheffield began a long career of faithful public service
by accepting an appointment to the office of State commissioner on
the affairs of the Narragansett Indians. He held this position until
1884, and in the performance of its duties gained a thorough knowl-
edge of this Indian tribe. In 1885-1887, 1889-90, and 1894-1896
he was a member of' the lower house of the General Assembly of
Rhode Island, where his work on the" Judiciary Committee was
especially valuable. In 1885-1887 he was also aide-de-camp, with
the rank of colonel, on the staff of Gov. George Peabody Wetmore.
In 1889 he was elected city solicitor of Newport, and held this office
for several years. In 1897 he served on the commission to revise
the constitution of the State. In 1906, when the new city charter
of Newport went into effect, Colonel Sheffield was elected a member
of the Representative Council from Ward Three of Newport, for the
one-year term, and was reelected to the Council in 1907 for the
term of three years. At the beginning of his first term in the Council
he was chosen unanimously to be its presiding officer, and continued
to preside over the Council during the two years in which he retained
his membership in that body. In 1908 he was elected, as a Repub-
lican, to represent the First Congressional District of Rhode Island
in the United States House of Representatives, in the Sixty-first
Congress, taking his seat in December 1909 and serving until the end
of this Congress in March 1911. But in the congressional elections
of 1910 he was defeated as a candidate for reelection, and he was
86 William Paine Sheffield [April
again defeated in 1912, when the defection of the Progressives insured
in so many distri-cts the election of the Democratic candidates. The
confidence which his party reposed in him was shown, however, by
his selection in 1911 to be a member of the Republican National
Committee, and he continued to hold this position until his death.
He was also a member of the committee to revise the constitution
of the State.
In educational matters Mr. Sheffield early showed a lively
interest. From 1885 to 1894 he was a member of the Newport
School Committee, being its chairman for part of this time. He
realized the importance of manual training in the public schools,
and, with others, established and maintained at Newport a sj^stem
of private instruction for boys in wood-working. From 1886 on he
was a director of the Redwood Library and its secretary for several
years, and he was also president of the People's Library. He was an
authority on the early history of Newport, and an interesting speaker
on topics relating to it.
He was connected with many charitable and financial institutions,
was one of the alumni trustees of Brown Universitj^ a member of the
American Bar Association, a member and secretary of the Rhode
Island Society of the Cincinnati, in which he succeeded his father,
and a vestr^^man of Emmanuel Church.
Mr. Sheffield married, 16 October 1889, Mary Stevens Burdick,
who survives him, daughter of Jonathan Truman and Emily (Sher-
man) Burdick. All of their eight children survived their father, but
the eldest, Margaret Burdick, died in Boston, after a brief illness,
26 January 1920. The other children are William Paine, a graduate
of Brown University and a lawyer associated with his father's law
firm, Mary Morse, Samuel Sanford, a graduate of Brown University
in the Class of 1919, now in business in New York, Lilias Sanford,
Katherine Ray, Frances, and EHzabeth. His two sons w^ere lieu-
tenants in the United States Army in the World War, the elder son
serving for several months in France. Mr. Sheffield's sister, Mrs.
Mary (Sheffield) Moriarty, widow of the late George Andrews
Moriarty, Esq., also survives him.
The community in which Mr. Sheffield lived appreciated at its true
value his well-spent life and realized the loss that it had sustained in
his death. His personal characteristics are thus described in a
biographical sketch published in the local newspaper:
''Mr. Sheffield was of an unusually genial and happy disposition, and his
hospitality'' knew no bounds. His home life was ideal, and to his children he
was always a friend and companion who shared vdth. them their pleasures
and activities. In his home and at the camps in which he entertained his
many friends he was a charming host, always considerate, ever solicitous of
their enjoyment of the many things he shared with them. In every gathering
in which he participated for business purposes, he was ever an agreeable
entertainer as well as an associate to whom his feUow directors or trustees
looked for advice on a wide range of topics. ... To the various public
offices which he had held he brought wide experience in affairs to the success-
ful performance of the manifold and arduous duties which he was called upon
to discharge. In the legal profession, not only of Newport but of the state,
he was recognized as a leader and his success at the bar for many years was
1920] The Erskine Family of Bristol^ Me. 87
due not only to his extensive legal knowledge but also to the thoroughness
of detail and the technical skill which were manifest in every case in which
he was engaged. ... In everything in which he engaged he was to a
marked degree a dependable, earnest, efficient and valuable worker ....
He was above all a man who did all he could for his fellow-man, in whatever
condition he found him."*
And the same paper, in an editorial article, says of Mr. Sheffield:
'Tew men have a wider range of reading and study, few a more varied
knowledge of men and experience of life in all its aspects. Few possess so
large a fund of reminiscence and anecdote, ready at a moment's call, and few
enjoy more genuinely the telling of a good story or the cracking of an inno-
cent joke. This made him an unusually charming companion and conversa-
tionalist, and in any company where he might be found he was fairly certain
to be at or near the centre of interest. Withal he was serious-minded,
scholarly, thoughtful, and deeply religious — a well-rounded, well-balanced
man.
"Possibly both the manner and the place of his death would have been of
his own choice. A man of affairs, full of the zest of life, whenever his work
should be done he would not have cared to linger idle on the stage. A lover
of nature and of nature's sweet solitude and tender intimacies, he had found
great delight and comfort in recent years in his summer camp in Exeter,
What more fitting, perhaps in his own thought, than that his last walk
should be through the familiar woods, that his last moments should be spent
beside the lake which he had come so to love?"
THE ERSKINE FAMILY OF BRISTOL, ME.
By Frank Ernest Woodward of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
[Concluded from page 34]
25. James^ Erskine (David,^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
was drowned in Biscay Pond, Bristol, in an endeavor to save
his son Edmund, who also lost his life. He married, 11 Mar.
1813, Margaret Jones.
Children:
i. Dexter,^ m. three times. No children now hving.
ii. James W., b. 22 Jan. 1825; d. at Bath, Me., 29 Nov. 1909; m. his
second cousin, Mary Ann (Erskine) Hodges (22, ii), q. v., b.
17 Nov. 1829, d. at Bath in Jan. 1897,' dau. of Jonas W. and
Margaret (Jones) Erskine and widow of Isaac Hodges. Children:
1. Ernest,^ b. 19 Jan. 1858; living unm. at Bath. 2. Origen M.,
b. 27 Oct. 1863; living unm. at Bath. 3. Charles E., b. 12 Oct.
1869; d. unm. 4 June 1901.
iii. Edmund, drowned in Biscay Pond, Bristol.
iv. Margaret, m. 3 Jan. 1859 Danby Hall of Bath, Me., and settled
there.
26. Col. John^ Erskine (David,'^ Alexander^), born at Bristol, Me.,
in Jan. 1795, died 13 June 1888, aged 93 years, 5 months. He
married, 18 July 1825, Nancy Huston, who died 13 Sept.
* Newport Journal and Weekly News, 24 October 1919.
88 The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. [April
1857, aged 56, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Fletcher).
Children:
i. Cyprian," b. 31 July 1826; d. 15 Jan. 1915; m. 8 Feb. 1856 Sarah
Morton Bryant, who d. 18 June 1911. Children: 1. Nancy,^
h. 13 Mar. 1857; m. Marshall Weeks. 2. Sanford Brown, b.
12 Sept. 1859; d. unm. 27 Dec. 1908. 3. John E., b. 5 Nov.
1861; m. 25 Feb. 1901 Octavia E. Little. No chHdren.
ii. Eunice B., b. 10 Sept. 1828; d. 18 Aug. 1851.
iii. Esther B., b. 6 Sept. 1830; d. 13 Apr. 1853.
iv. Margaret C, b. 22 Jan. 1833; m. 13 May 1855 John M. Bryant.
Children: 1. Mary E., b. 27 June 1856. 2. Charles W., b. 15
Apr. 1858. 3. Annie M., b. 27 Feb. 1860. 4. Jennie B., b. 25
Nov. 1861. 5. Cyprian H. E., b. 9 Apr. 1865.
V. Elizabeth P. (twin), b. 2 Mar. 1836; living at Damariscotta, Me.,
in 1919; m. 8 July 1857 her second cousin, Zenas F.'* Erskine
(35), q. v., b. at Bristol 10 Jan. 1832, d. at Damariscotta 3 June
1906, s. of Alexander and Pamela (Perkins).
vi. Mary D. (twin), b. 2 Mar. 1836; d. ; m. (1) 6 Oct. 1864,
as his third wife, her second cousin, Joseph Poland" Erskine
(23, ii), q. v., b. 4 Oct. 1823, d. 23 Sept. 1874, s. of George and
Sarah (Perkins) ; m. (2) 20 Aug. 1880 Stearns L. Graves.
27. David^ Erskine (David,'^ Alexander^), mariner, born at Bristol,
Me., in 1798, died 26 Apr. 1880, aged 81 years, 10 months.
He married, 30 Dec. 1823, Maria Trask, who died 21 June
1861, aged 62, daughter of Solomon of Jefferson, Me.
Children :
i. Mary Jane,* b. 2 Apr. 1826; m. (intention recorded 12 Nov. 1845)
Lewis Lambert of North Yarmouth, Me., and settled at Bangor,
Me. Children: 1. Marion J. 2. Deborah. 3. William.
ii. James Harvey, b. 20 June 1828; d. of smallpox 8 Feb. 1864; m.
(intention recorded 22 July 1848) Elizabeth Davis of Bristol.
He settled at Bangor, Me., but probably returned to Bristol.
He served in the Civil War as a private in Co. C, 2d Maine In-
fantry, and died in the service. Children: 1. Charles A.,^ h.
26 Mar. 1854; d. at Maiden, Mass., 14 Dec. 1893. 2. William
H., b. in Oct. 1855; d. 22 Feb. 1861. 3. Mary Jane. 4. Samuel.
iii. Solomon Trask, of Bristol, b. 8 May 1830; d. 3 Mar. 1900; m.
28 Nov. 1857 his second cousin, Emily C* Erskine (13, ii), who
d. 6 Mar. 1913, dau. of John and Margaret (Erskine). Children:
1. Esther,^ b. 11 Nov. 1858; m. 7 June 1877 Samuel O. Packard of
Quincy, Mass.; residence, Bristol; one daughter. 2. Helen, b.
20 Mar. 1861; d. 22 July 1862. 3. William J., of Farmington,
Me., b. 25 May 1863; m. (1) 3 Dec. 1884 Nellie A. Palmer of
Bristol, who d. 19 Apr. 1907; m. (2) 26 Dec. 1908 Esther Hardy;
three children by first wife.*
iv. William, b. 23 Mar. 1832; Hving at Rockland, Me., in 1919; m.
24 Dec. 1861 Ann Larabee of Rockland, b. 10 Dec. 1832, d.
10 July 1906. Children: 1. William,'' b. 14 Jan. 1866. 2. Arnold, ;
b. 10 Aug. 1868. 3. Ruth, b. 7 July 1870; d. 8 May 1886. 4.
Jennie B., b. 26 Nov. 1872; d. 27 Nov. 1918. 5. Josiah, b. 28
Feb. 1877; d. 8 Sept. 1883. 6. Rosie B., b. 14 Aug. 1878. Two
others, who d. at birth.
V. Arnold Blaney, b. 20 July 1835; d. at St. Augustine, Fla.; m. at
Charlestown, Mass., 23 Nov. 1870, Emma T, Wrightington,
who d. in Boston, Mass., 27 Mar. 1878, dau .of Albert and Mary
of New York City. He served in the Civil War as a corporal
in the 2d Maine Infantry. He was later an officer at the State
prison at Charlestown. Children: 1. Helen Maria,^ b. 3 Sept.
♦Children by first wife: 1. Merle Chester, b. 15 Oct. 1885. 2. Flora Isabel, b. 29 Dec. 1887;
d. 20 Feb. 1919. 3. Verna Marion, b. 1 Mar. 1899.
1920] The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. 89
1871; d. in infancy. 2. Bertha Louisa, b. 24 Oct. 1873; m. ;
residence, Portland, Me. 3. Chester Arthur, b. 31 Jan. 1877;
d. 18 Dec. 1877.
28. Robert^ Erskine (Robert,^ Alexander^) was born at Bristol,
Me., 10 July 1801. He married (intention recorded 3 Oct.
1826) Agatha Hatch. He removed to Bath, Me., where at
least one of his children was born, and later, it is said, to New
York City.
Children :
i. Robert,* b. at Bath, Me., in 1833; m. at Taunton, Mass., 15 June
1859, Sarah A. Burtt.
ii. Henry, said to have lived in New York City, m. , who
survived him and m. (2) Robert John Kelley (7, iii, 4) of New
York City, b. 25 Feb. 1840, d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 9 Jan. 1908,
s. of Thomas and Margaret (Erskine) and first cousin of her
first husband. Her second husband was divorced from her, and
she lived afterwards at New Haven, Conn. Children: 1. Clara,^
who became an actress. 2. Jessie. 3. Cora. 4. Robert. 5.
Shirley. 6. A child.
29. SiMON^ Erskine (William,^ Alexander,^ Alexander^), of Bristol,
Me., born either at Whitefield or Pittston, Me., in Aug. 1827,
died 17 Sept. 1892. He married at Bristol (intention recorded
3 July 1848) his first cousin, Elizabeth J.'* Erskine (13, i),
who died 26 June 1893, daughter of John and Margaret
(Erskine).
Children :
i. William Alpheus,^ of Manchester, N. H., b. 5 Dec. 1849; m. (1 )
at Bristol, 3 Aug. 1869, Sarah J. Clark, who d. at Newcastle
Me., 4 July 1898, dau. of John and Sarah of Bremen, Me.; m. (2)
at Manchester, 27 June 1900, Ada Rebecca Frost, dau. of
Thomas P. and Hannah (Hammet). Children by first wife:
1. Frank William,^ b. 3 Aug. 1872. 2. Cora F., b. 28 Sept. 1874.
3. Belle A., b. 30 Mar. 1877. 4. Helen W., h. 9 Dec. 1880. 5.
Stephen A., b. 3 Sept. 1882; d. young. 6. Maud, b. in 1884;
d. in infancy. 7. Alton, h. 20 Sept. 1888. 8. Fred H., b. 20 Mar.
1893.
ii. Stephen Girard, b. 15 Mar. 1852; d. 11 Aug. 1874.
iii. Margaret Ellen, b. 14 June 1854; m. 27 May 1873 Frank H.
Lailer, s. of Thomas S. and Mary Ann. Residence, South
Portland, Me. Children: 1. Thomas S., b. 3 June 1874. 2. Mary
Ann, b. 1 July 1876. 3. George Charles, b. 6 Apr. 1880. 4. Arthur
Clark (twin), b. 17 Nov. 1885. 5. Alton Vesper (twin), b. 17 Nov.
1885.
iv. Emeline E., b. 10 Apr. 1857; m. William H. Clark of Bremen, Me.
V. Tamsin, b. 10 Nov. 1859; m. in Boston, Mass., 5 Apr. 1885, Thomas
GooDE of Boston, s. of Ignatius and Maria (Madden) of Galway,
Ire. Children: 1. Ignatius Francis, b. 7 Mar. 1886. 2. William
Patrick, b. 29 June 1888. 3. John Thomas, b. 3 Jan. 1891. 4.
James Edward, b. 11 Oct. 1896. 5. Mary Lillian, b. 20 Mar. 1898.
vi. Mary W., b. 10 Oct. 1861; d. in Jan. 1863.
vii. Elizabeth D., b. 28 June 1864; d. 10 May 1911; m. 23 July 1884
Elforest Robinson, s. of George W. and Susan (Hutchins).
Residence, Bristol. Children: 1. Maud, b. 22 May 1887; m. 13
June 1909 Parker W. Rice. 2. Jennie, b. 12 Dec. 1889; m. 4 July
1909 Ozro M. Benner.
viii. John Harvey, of Manchester, N. H., b. 6 Nov. 1868; m. 24 Dec.
1891 Jennie Frances Glass, dau. of Samuel G. and Sarah J.
of Bath, Me. Children: 1. Leroy G.,^ b. 29 Dec. 1892. 2. Mildred
90 The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. [April
B., b. 15 July 1894. 3. Guy H., b. 8 May 1896. 4. Edith T.,
b. 22 June 1897. 5. Thelma F., b. 10 Mar. 1905.
ix. Simon, b. 8 Mar. 1870; d. 6 Mar. 1895.
30. Elbridge Gerry^ Erskine {John,^ Alexander,'^ Alexander^), born
at Bristol, Me., 4 Aug. 1844, died at Bath, Me., 6 Oct. 1914.
He married, 24 Dec. 1876, his second cousin once removed,
Ida Ellen Hodges (22, ii, 1), born 25 Jan. 1851, died 2 Mar.
1916, daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann (Erskine) of Bremen,
Me. He was a ship carpenter and resided for many years at
Bath.
Child:
. i. Harvey Knowlton,^ b. 15 July 1878; d. at Brest, France, 23 Oct.
1918; m. at Bath, Me., 18 Sept. 1905, Florence Irene French,
b. 18 Sept. 1883. He was a letter carrier, and, when the United
States entered the war against Germany, he enlisted at once and
was commissioned as captain, being assigned to the 48th U. S.
Infantry. He sailed for France in Oct. 1918, was attacked by
influenza on the voyage, and died two days after landing on
French soil. Child: 1. James Elbridge,^ b. 29 June 1906.
31. Samuel F.^ Erskine (John,^ Alexander,'^ Alexander^), born at
Bristol, Me., 30 May 1846, was living at Bremen, Me., in 1919.
He married first, 30 Nov. 1871, Martha Washington
Richards, who died in Boston, Mass., in childbirth, 7 Jan.
1875, aged 22 years, 3 months, daughter of Elbridge Gerry
and Hannah (Jones) (Jones) of Bristol;* and secondly, at
Bremen, 29 May 1880, Lydia J. Bryant, daughter of Levi
and Margaret of Round Pond, Me. He resided in Boston for
several years, then at Portland, Me., and later at Bremen.
Children by second wife :
i. Flora B.,^ b. 2 Mar. 1881; d. 5 Oct. 1881.
ii. Herbert Bryant, b. 30 Sept. 1882; d. 10 Sept. 1884.
iii. Gracie Margaret, b. 4 Apr. 1884.
iv, Martha Vernon, m. 12 June 1915 Julian R. Tibbetts.
V. Gxrr S., m. Rut Wilcox Wilson of Portland, Me.
vi. Warren O.
vii. RoxANA J., m. Fred J. Waltz.
viii. Bryant.
32. William^ Erskine (Alexander,^ William,^ Alexander^), born at
Bristol, Me., 17 Jan. 1804, died 2 Oct. 1830. He married,
29 Nov. 1827, Betsey Baker, born at Wiscasset, Me., 4 June
1806, died 12 Oct. 1834, daughter of Andrew and Jerusha
(Boynton) of Bristol.f William was studying to be a Methodist
minister when he caught a severe cold, that developed into
pneumonia, from which he died. His widow married secondly,
in June 1833, William Blunt of Wiscasset, by whom she had a
daughter, who died a few days before the mother. William
Blunt married secondly, in Oct. 1842, Hannah Dickinson, by
whom he had three daughters.
Child:
i. Jerusha Baker,^ b. 21 Nov. 1828; d. in Washington, D. C, at the
home of her dau., Mrs. John H. Olcott, 8 June 1914; m. 20 Jan.
*Vide supra, 5, i, 1, with footnote.
"fVide infra, p. 94, footnote.
1920] The ErsJdne Family of Bristol, Me. 91
1848, Samuel Woodwaed, who d. at Chelsea, Mass., 18 May
1875, s. of James and Lavinia (Wadsworth) of Bristol. After
the death of her mother, Jerusha Baker Erskine was brought up by
her grandmother Baker, for whom she was named. After her
marriage she lived in Damariscotta, Me., until 1866, when the
family moved to Chelsea. Children: 1. Samuel Walter, h. 13
Dec. 1848. 2. Frederic Eugene, b. 22 July 1850. 3. Julia Hussey,
b. 16 Sept. 1851; d. 4 Feb. 1852. 4. Frank Ernest, h. 2 Jan.
1853. 5. Maria Isabel, h. 30 Nov. 1854; m. John H. Olcott.
6. Nellie Clifton, b. 30 Dec. 1857; d. 30 Apr. 1864.
33. Wilson^ Erskine (Alexander,^ William,^ Alexander^), born at
Bristol, Me., 27 Sept. 1808, died 19 May 1895. He married,
25 Dec. 1832, Elizabeth Richards, born 25 July 1807, died
6 Dec. 1892, daughter of Lemuel and Sarah (Bailey) of Bristol.
Children :
i. Wilson,^ b. in Nov. 1833; d. 9 May 1838.
ii. Capt. Melville Cox, b. 4 Oct. 1835; d. at San Francisco, Cal.,
in July 1909; m. (1) 28 Apr. 1856 his first cousin, Sarah J.
Batchelder, b. 26 Apr. 1833, d. 8 Oct. 1857, dau. of Rev. John
and Mrs. Barbara (Richards) (Erskine);* m. (2) about 1 Jan. 1862
Mary A. McCarty of Bremen, Me., who d. in Feb. 1904, dau. of
Jerry and Helen. They moved to San Francisco, where he had
been located since 1858. Children by second wife: 1. William
Wilson,^ of San Francisco, b. 6 Oct. 1862; m. Caro Morse. 2.
Melville Cox, of Los Angeles, Cal., b. 16 Aug. 1880; m. Myra -.
3. Richard Gird, of El Paso, Tex., b. in May 1883; m. Gladys Shaw.
iii. Harriet Jane, b. 17 Sept. 1837; d. 13 May 1910; m. at Bristol,
19 Sept. 1855, Capt. Solomon Dockendorf Munro, who was
living at Round Pond, Me., in 1919. Children: 1. Wilson S.,
b. 6 Oct. 1856; d. 20 Oct. 1856. 2. Melville E., b. 8 Oct. 1857;
living in Boston, Mass. 3. Lizzie E., b. 20 Feb. 1862; d. 31 May
1881. 4. Frederick K., b. 6 Feb. 1867. 5. Edmund D., b. 20 Dec.
1874; d. 30 Dec. 1874. 6. Edmund D., b. 7 May 1879.
iv. Edith S., b. 21 Aug. 1839; m. 11 May 1861 Samuel T. Hinds of
Round Pond, Me.; both were lost at sea in Nov. 1870. Three
children, all of whom d. young.
V. Wilson T., b. 27 Feb. 1841; living at Roslindale, Mass., in 1918;
m. 13 Aug. 1865 Helen M. Fountain of Bristol. He served in
the Civil War as a private in Co. I, 2d Maine Infantry. lie has
children.
vi. Emeline C, b. 14 June 1842; m. 30 Nov. 1876 Samuel N. Smith,
s. of Charles and Hannah (Nash) of Gray, Me. Residence,
Round Pond, Me. No children.
vii. Lemuel Richards, b. 27 Oct. 1844; served in the Civil War; d. at
Pensacola, Fla., 23 Nov. 1862.
viii. Wilbur F., b. 25 Oct. 1845; d. at Chino, Cal., 9 Nov. 1894; m.
25 Dec. 1877 Maria Julia Cutler, dau. of Capt. Abner and
Maria P. (Farr). He moved to San Francisco, Cal., in 1878.
Children: 1. Wilbur Julian,^ b, at San Francisco 24 Aug. 1880;
m. Nellie Morse Erskine. 2. Alvin Crawford, b. at Oakland,
Cal., 6 Jan. 1883; m. 27 Aug. 1913 Emily Hildred Davies. 3.
Erlon Elmer, h. at Chino 29 Nov. 1891; m. in Sept. 1916 Hazel
Schmidt.
ix. Mary A., b. 25 Aug. 1846; m. 26 Nov. 1866 Augustus Marias
Sproul, who d. 27 Oct. 1903, s. of Marias H. and Nancy D.
(Seiders) of Bristol. Children: 1. Wilbur Lionel, b. 8 Oct. 1867;
d. 1 Dec. 1917. 2. Grace Emma (twin), b. 1 Jan. 1871. 3. Charles
Dwinal (twin), b. 1 Jan. 1871; d. in Sept. 1871. 4. Augustus
Charles, b. 24 Sept. 1874. 5. Norman Richards, b. 20 Jan. 1881.
X. Winfield Scott, b. 28 June 1848; d. 30 Mar. 1849.
*Vide supra, p. 26, footnote.
92 The Erskine Family of Bristol^ Me, [April
xi. Clarissa M., b. 17 Feb. 1851; m. (1) 12 Jan. 1876 Moses M.
Rhoades of Bristol, who d. 26 Nov. 1882, s. of Cornelius and
Welthea (Wellman); m. (2) 14 May 1889 Rev. Gustavus B.
Chadwick of China, Me., who d. 4 Mar. 1900, s. of Jason. Resi-
dence, Damariscotta, Me. Children by first husband: 1. Harriet
M., b. 18 Oct. 1876. 2. Lincoln, b. 19 July 1878. 3. Henry W.,
b. 26 June 1880. Child by second husband: 4. Wallace W.,
b. 10 July 1892.
34. LoEENZo D.^ Erskine (George,^ George,'^ Alexander^), born at
Bristol, Me., 10 Mar. 1838, was living on his farm at Bristol
in 1919. He married first, at Damariscotta, Me., 3 Nov.
1862, Nancy Weeks, who died 17 July 1863, aged 28 years,
3 months, formerly wife of Robert Hull of Bristol, from whom
she had iDeen divorced; secondly, in Boston, Mass., 22 July
1865, RoxANA Packard of Quincy, Mass., who died 24 June
1883, aged 39, daughter of George W. and Lucy A.; thirdty,
17 Apr. 1884, Olive Collamore of Bremen, Me. ; and fourthly,
21 Feb. 1893, Mrs. Francis M. Foster, who died 20 Aug.
1904.
Child by first wife :
i. Alva E.,5 b. in May 1863; d. 14 Feb. 1864.
Children by second wife:
ii. Nancy Jane, m. A. B. Creamer.
iii. George, m. Ernestine Hatch.
iv. Sarah, m. R. H. Hanly.
V. Frank, m. Sibley.
vi. Mary, m. Joseph Poland.
35. Zenas F.^ Erskine (Alexander,^ George,^ Alexander^), born at
Bristol, Me., 10 Jan. 1832, died at Damariscotta, Me., 3 June
1906. He married, 8 July 1857, his second cousin, Elizabeth
P."* Erskine (26, v), born 2 Mar. 1836, living at Damariscotta
in 1919, daughter of Col. John and Nancy (Huston).
Children :
i. Walter Edwin,^ b. 9 Apr. 1858; m. Nellie Oliver of Bath, Me.
One child,
ii. Carrie May, b. 20 Mar. 1860; d. 24 Feb. 1895; m. 7 May 1883
Hiram R. Osier of Damariscotta, s. of Hiram and Hester (Lang).
ChHd: 1. Margaret E., b. 7 July 1886.
iii. Eunice Catherine, b. 25 Sept. 1862; m. 16 Nov. 1886 Theodore
Herbert Thomas of Rockland, Me., s. of Benjamin and Sarah
Jane (Allen) of Northport, Me. Children: 1. Herbert Erskine,
b. 5 May 1888. 2. Alden Bradford, b. 25 Jan. 1890. 3. Clara
Allen, b. 27 Apr. 1891.
iv. MiRTiE Eva, b. 26 July 1865; unm.
V. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 30 Oct. 1868; m. 1 Nov. 1893 Fred W.
Huston of Damariscotta, s. of Elbridge and Edna (Huston).
Residence, Woodford's, Me. Child: 1. Edna Nellie, b. 16 Mar.
1895.
vi. Marietta, b. 11 July 1871; living with her mother at Damariscotta
in 1919.*
vii. Susan Jane, b. 19 Apr. 1874; unm.
viii. Wilbur Armstrong, b. 22 July 1876.
ix. A child, b. 31 May 1879; d. 2 June 1879.
X. Harold Lester, b. 31 Jan. 1883; m. 17 Jan. 1912 Flora Abbie
* From Marietta Erskine of Damariscotta the compiler of this genealogy has obtained much
valuable information relating to the descendants of George Erskine (5) and David Erskine (6).
1920] The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. 93
Preble of Wiscasset, Me., dau. of Archie and Susetta (Hilton).
Child: 1. Elizabeth Frances,^ b. 1 Apr. 1913; living at Mystic,
Conn., in 1919.
ADDENDUM
NINON ERSKINE AND HIS DESCENDANTS
1. NiNON^ Erskine of Bristol, Me., elder brother of Alexander
Erskine of Bristol (vide supra, 1), was born, probably at Londonderry,
Ireland, in 1705, came to Bristol a few years after his brother, and
died 15 June 1795, aged 90. He married, in 1750, before coming to
Bristol, Ann Hamilton.* His mother's name was Barbara Wier,
and she was married to his father in 1703. He settled in Bristol on
a farm located on the Damariscotta River, next below the Thomas
Hutchins place.
Children :t
2. i. JoHN,2 b. at Bristol 24 Mar. 1752.
3. ii. William, b. at Bristol about 1754.
4. iii. Alexander, b. at Bristol in July 1757.
iv. James, mariner, b. in 1759; supposed to have been lost at sea. He
served in the Revolution in Capt, Benjamin Plummer's company
in the Penobscot expedition, 6 July to 24 Sept. 1779. He witnessed
a deed in Bristol 22 June 1784. On 12 Sept. 1786 he bought of
Joseph McNear a small tract of land at Wiscasset Point in Pownal-
borough (now Wiscasset), Me.
V. Jane, m. (1) 8 Feb-. 1776 James McNear of Newcastle, Me., lost
at sea in 1779, s. of Capt. John and Mary (Shirley) ;t m. (2)
* An old family record in possession of his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Farley Hopkins of New-
castle, Me., is authority for Ninon Erskine's birth and marriage.
t In the Bristol records is entered the marriage of James Skinner of Pownalborough and Janet
Askins, 20 Jan. 1776. Janet Askins was not a daughter of Alexanderi Erskine. If she was a
daughter of Ninon Erskine, she seems to have been unknown to his later descendants.
t Capt. John McNear was born in 1701 and died in 1798. According to Cushman's History
of Sheepscot he married Mary Shirley of Chester, N. H., born in 1719, died in 1819. He settled at
Sheepscot (Newcastle), Me., about 1747. His sister married Anderson, who was killed by
the Indians. Children of Capt. John and Mary (Shirley) McNear: 1. John, lost at sea in 1779,
with his brother James; m. his first cousin, Agnes Shirley of Chester, who d. at Chester in Feb.
1823, aged 80, daughter of James. 2. James, lost at sea in 1779, with his brother John; m. 8 Feb.
1776 Jane Erskine, daughter of Ninon and Ann (Hamilton) of Bristol; two sons. 3. Joseph, m.
2 Mar. 1786 Hannah Laiten. 4. Thomas, lost at sea; unm. 5. Anne, m. Ezekiel Laiten of
Sheepscot. 6. Sarah, m. Saul Seavey of Wiscasset, Me. 7. Eleanor, m. George Erskine of Alna,
Me. 8. Elizabeth, b. in 1757; d. 1 June 1836, aged 79; m. Capt. Alexander Erskine {vide infra, 4).
9. Jane, bur. in the Sheepscot cemetery; m. Jonathan Stevens of Wiscasset. 10. Margaret, d.
17 May 1844, aged 82 years; bur. in the Sheepscot cemetery; m. 20 Oct. 1785 Patrick Lennox,
b. at Port Patrick, Scotland, in Apr, 1750, d. 19 Apr. 1831.
The children of Jonathan and Jane (McNear) Stevens were: 1. A son, m. Rhoda Gownie, who
bore to him two children (Margaret, m. McCoy, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and
Louise, d. unm.) and who m. (2) Patrick Lennox, s. of Patrick and Margaret (McNear). Perhaps
others.
The children of Patrick and Margaret (McNear) Lennox were: 1. Robert, b. 13 Mar. 1786; d.
14 Mar. 1857; m. Sophia Cunningham; six children. 2. Thomas, b. 1 Nov. 1788; d. 10 Mar. 1864;
m. 20 Apr. 1820 his first cousin, Mary Erskine (vide infra, 4, v). 3. Patrick, of Wiscasset, Me.,
b. 15 May 1794; d. 28 July 1861; m. (1) 15 Jan. 1826 Rhoda (Gownie) Stevens; m. (2) 23 Dec.
1827 Nancy Hathorn; m. (3) 2 Apr. 1839 Eliza Waldron; one child by first wife and four children
by second wife.
The six children of Robert and Sophia (Cunningham) Lennox were: 1. Helen, now deceased;
m. Boyd; residence, California. 2. Nancy Jane, now deceased; m. Jefferson Fogg, now
deceased; residence, Maiden, Mass.; three children. 3. Henry, now deceased; m. Ann Cutts;
residence, California. 4. Harriet, m. Alfred Campbell; residence, California. 5. Robert, now
deceased; m. ; residence, California. 6. Charles, of California; d. unm.
The children of Patrick Lennox, son of Patrick and Margaret (McNear), were: Child by first
wife: 1. WiUiam Patrick, a merchant of Wiscasset, Me.,d. s. p. 2 May 1900; m. about 1870 Lucretia
(Page) Stinson, now deceased, dau. of Rufus Page and widow of Samuel Stinson. Children by
second wife: 2. John Erskine. 3. Alfred, a merchant of Wiscasset, Me., now deceased; m. Sarah
94 The Erskine Family of Bristol, Me. [April
(intention recorded 30 Dec. 1785) John Baker of Pownalborough
(now Wiscasset), Me., widower, who d. 23 Nov. 1810.* Children
by first husband: 1. Capt. John, b. 6 Mar. 1777; lost at sea in a
storm, with his brother James, 1 Oct. 1829; m. 15 Nov. 1801
Betsey^ Erskine {vide supra, 3, iv), dau. of William^ (Alexander^)
and Ruth (Cox); twelve children (vide supra, S, iv). 2. James,
h. in 1779; lost at sea in a storm, with his brother John, 1 Oct.
1829; m. 24 Jan. 1799 Lydia^ Erskine {vide supra, 3, ii), dau. of
William^ (Alexander^) and Ruth (Cox) ; ten children {vide supra,
3, ii).
vi. Henry, b. in 1762; d. unm. 18 Dec. 1787, aged 25 years.
vii. Ann, m. David Grier of Bristol. He served in the Revolution in
« Capt. Henry Hunter's company of Bristol, in Sept. 1777. In the
Direct Tax of 1798 he was taxed for a dweUing house and 90 acres
of land, and this land Ninon Erskine had sold to him 15 May 1793.
Children: 1. Mary. 2. Susan. 3. Levi. 4. William. 5. Jane.
2. Capt. John^ Erskine (Ninon^), mariner, born at Bristol 24 Mar. ^
1752, was lost at sea in 1787. He married (intention recorded
at Boothbay, Me., 8 Aug. 1778) Sarah Reed of Boothbay,
who died 5 Jan. 1823, aet. 63, probably daughter of John^
(Andrew^) of Boothbay. According to the probate records
^'Mary Askins" of Bristol, widow, was appointed administra-
trix of the estate of her late husband, 23 Oct. 1787; but ''Mary"
must be a mistake for ''Sarah," for on 15 July 1794 Sarah
"Askins" of Boothbay, widow, administratrix of the estate of
John "Erskine," late of Bristol, deceased, conveyed to Thomas
, McClure, for £70, 50 acres of land on the "Damascoty river in
Bristol" (Lincoln County Deeds), and her gravestone in the
Ancient Cemetery at Wiscasset, Me., reads: "Sacred to the
memory of Mrs. Sarah, consort of Capt. John Erskine, who
died Jan. 5, 1823, ^t. 63." The family moved to Pownal-
borough (now Wiscasset) about 1800. t
Children :
i. Sarah,3 b. in 1779; m. Seavey.
ii. Anna, b. in 1781; m. (intention recorded 2 July 1796) Samuel
Young of Pownalborough.
Young, dau. of Joshua of Wiscasset; two children. 4. Annie, d. unm. 5; Frances, now deceased,
xn. Capt. Joseph Tucker, master mariner, of Wiscasset, Me., now deceased, s. of Capt. Richard
Hawley and Mary (Melius) ; several children.
* John Baker married (1) 3 Feb. 1765 Elizabeth Pottle, by whom he had the following children:
1. Capt. Daniel, of Wiscasset, b. 6 Feb. 1767; d. 7 July 1827; m. 26 Nov. 1795 Hannah Hues, b. 16
July 1771, d. at Wiscasset 23 Oct. 1823, daughter of Maj. John and Elizabeth (Kingsbury) of
Pownalborough (now Wiscasset). 2. John, of Wiscasset. 3. Azariah, of Edgecomb, Me. 4.
Andrew, m. Jerusha Boynton; settled in Bristol; their daughter Betsey m. (1) William Erskine
(vide supra, 32) and (2) William Blunt. 5. Abner, m. Jane Erskine (vide infra, 2, iii); moved to
New York. 6. A daughter, m. Young.
The children of Capt. Daniel and Hannah (Hues) Baker were. 1. Betsey, b. 30 Aug. 1796; d.
14 Dec. 1796. 2. Hannah, b. 4 July 1798; d. 25 Oct. 1831; m. Thomas Slomin. 3. John, b. 25
July 1800; m. (1) 25 Oct. 1827 Lydia Lowell, who d. 23 Apr. 1845, in her 44th year; m. (2) 6 Nov.
1849 Susan E. Plummer. 4. Rebecca, b. 5 Dec. 1802; d. 29 Oct. 1836; m. James McNear, s. of
Capt. John and Betsey (Erskine) (vide supra, 3, iv, 2). 5. Daniel, b. 18 Feb. 1805; d. 7 Jan. 1879.
m. (1) Eliza A. , who d. 6 Jan. 1860, aged 52 years; m. (2) Sarah J. , b. 4 June 1820,
d. 11 Apr. 1907. 6. Abner, b. 20 May 1807. 7. Betsey, b. 31 Aug. 1809; lived to be a centenarian;
m. 17 Oct. 1833 Joseph Decker, b. 2 Apr. 1805, 6. 1 Apr. 1878. 8. Andrew, b. 14 Feb. 1812; d.
2 Aug. 1812. (Family Bible of Capt. Daniel Baker, in the possession (1907) of his grandson,
Anson M. Baker of Wiscasset, s. of Abner; Bible in the possession (1907) of Mrs. Betsey (Baker)
Decker, then of Dresden, Me., dau. of Capt. Daniel; gravestone inscriptions in family burial lot
of Daniel Baker of Wiscasset, s. of Capt. Daniel.) «
t On 17 June 1796 Capt. Joseph Reed's intention of marriage to Sarah Askins was published in
Boothbay — his second marriage. This Sarah Askins was probably the widow of Capt. John
Erskine (2) , but on her gravestone the name of her second husband does not appear.
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iii. Jane, b. in 1783; d. 3 July 1865, aet. 82;* m. (1) (intention recorded
17 Nov. 1805) Capt. Abner Baker of Wiscasset, who moved to
New York, and d. there 29 Aug. 1816, aged 35,* s. of John and
EHzabeth (Pottle) ;t m. (2) 16 Feb. 1834 Capt. James Carney,
widower. Children by first husband: 1. John E., d. 28 Nov. 1816,
aged 8 years.* 2. Michael S., d. at New Orleans, La., in 1858,
aet. 44.*
5. iv. John, b. at Bristol 4 Mar. 1785. ,
v. Catherine, b. about 1787; d. 6 Feb. 1873, aet. 86;* m. (intention
recorded 11 Jan. 1807) John Church Felker, who d. 6 May 1821,
aet. 41.* Children (order uncertain): 1. John Church, b. about
1809; d. at sea 17 Sept. 1835, aet. 26.* 2. Catherine, d. 28 May
1877; m., as his second wife, Abial Wood, Jr., of Wiscasset. 3.
Sarah E., d. 19 June 1897; m. Capt. Thomas Saunders of Wiscasset,
who d. at Matanzas, Cuba, 22 June 1858, aet. 56;* had issue. 4.
William C, d. at Matanzas, Cuba, 19 May 1852, aet. 35.* 5.
Mary Ann. 6. Maria.
3. William^ Erskine {Ninon}), of Bristol, Me., was born at Bristol
about 1754. He married (intention recorded 15 June 1788)
Sarah Beard of Bristol.
William Erskine lived on the paternal estate until 1808. On
19 Apr. 1791 his father sold to him 70 acres of land on both
sides of the Damariscotta River, which he, in turn, sold 14
Dec. 1804 to Thomas McClure. On 28 Aug. 1808 William
Erskine disposed of 60 acres and 48 acres more to Thomas
McClure & Co., land which he probably inherited, as he
occupied the homestead after his father's death.
Children :{
i. Levi.3
ii. Nancy, m. in 1807 Samuel Blaisdell.
iii. William.
iv. Mary,
4. Capt. Alexander^ Erskine (Ninon^), mariner, born at Bristol,
Me., in July 1757, was lost at sea about 1803. He married at
Newcastle, Me. (intention recorded at Newcastle 1 Dec. 1781),
Elizabeth McNear, born in 1757, died 1 June 1836, aged 79,
buried in the cemetery at Sheepscot Bridge (Newcastle) Me.,
daughter of Capt. John and Mary (Shirley) of Newcastle. §
He settled at Pownalborough (now Wiscasset), Me., as
early as 1785. In 1798 he is called an innholder. He also
built ships at Wiscasset, in company with Abial Wood, Jr.,
and was lost at sea while in command of one of the ships which
he had built.
Children :
i. James,3 b. 25 Sept. 1782; d. s. p. at Augusta, Me.; m. 25 Aug. 1816
his first cousin, Mary Seavey, dau. of Saul and Sarah (McNear) §
of Wiscasset.
ii. Alexander, b. 4 Sept. 1784; d. unm. in the West Indies.
iii. Thomas, b. 18 July 1786; d. unm. in the West Indies.
iv. Betsey, b. 11 June 1789; d. 5 Sept. 1793; bur. at Wiscasset.
V. Mary, b. 14 Feb. 1793; d. 26 Mar. 1878; m. 20 Apr. 1820 her first
cousin, Capt. Thomas Lennox, b. 1 Nov. 1788, d. 10 Mar. 1864,
* Gravestone in the Ancient Cemetery, .Wiscasset, Me.
t Vide supra, p. 94, footnote.
X From a record kept by Elijah Philip Crooker of Bristol.
§ Vide supra, p. 93, footnote.
96 The Erskine Family of Bristol^ Me. [April
s. of Patrick and Margaret (McNear).* Children; 1. Capt.
Thomas Parkman, b. 10 Dec. 1821; m. 27 Oct. 1848 Harriet
Gorham of Nobleborough, Me.; two children. 2. Alexander
Erskine, b. 11 July 1824; d. unm. in California 31 May 1857. 3.
Frances Georgianna Trott, b. 29 Apr. 1826; m. 12 Oct. 1843 Capt.
Farley Hopkins of Newcastle; four children: Frances Georgianna,
Henry Clay, Thomas Lennox, Mary. 4. George Erastus, b. 14
May 1828; d. unm. in AustraUa 14 Mar. 1856. 5. Dr. Edwin
Sewall, of Worcester, Mass., b. 19 Feb. 1830; d. 8 Jan. 1895; m. 7
Mar. 1855 Sarah E. Stanfield of Brunswick, Me.; one daughter. f
6. Mary Eliza, b. 28 Nov. 1832; d. at Maiden, Mass., 10 Mar.
1920: m. 5 Apr. 1860 Rev. Horace L. Bray, now deceased; one
son, who d. in infancy. 7. Lucinda Holmes, b. 23 June 1835;
d. unm. 18 May 1859.
vi. Elizabeth, b. 12 Aug. 1797; d. 17 Nov. 1883; m. 8 July 1823 Horace
Osgood of Leominster, Mass., who d. 28 Mar. 1864. Children:
1. Capt. Horace N., b. 13 Mar. 1825; d. 8 May 1893, aged 64 {sic)]
m. Pauline Austin; three children. 2. Mary Elizabeth, b. 18 Oct.
1827; d. 30 Apr. 1900; m. (1) Herbert; m. (2) Ephraim
Taylor. 3. James Erskine, b. 2 May 1833; m. Lucy Chase; no
children. 4. Arietta Holmes, b. 8 Jan. 1835; m. (1) Rod-
man; m. (2) Osgood. 5. Thomas L., b. 3 July 1836; d. 16
Oct. 1849. 6. Anna F., b. 13 Mar. 1841; m. Hatch;
residence, California; had issue.
5. Col. John^ Erskine (Capt. John,^ Ninon^), of Wiscasset, Me.,
born at Bristol, Me., 4 Mar. 1785, died 4 Mar. 1855. He
married first (intention recorded 14 May 1820) Ann Maria
McKowN of Bristol, who died at Wiscasset 17 June 1827,t
aged 30; and secondly, 9 May 1830, Rebecca Davis Parker,
who died at Wiscasset 26 Jan. 1890, aged 85, daughter of
Rev. Freeman and Rebecca (Rice) of Wiscasset.
John Erskine removed to Pownalborough (later Wiscasset),
with other members of his family, about 1800. He interested
himself in military affairs, and was commissioned as captain
of a company in the War of 1812. His title of colonel was
acquired at the close of the War.
Children by first wife :
i. Sarah Jane,^ b. at Wiscasset 5 Apr. 1821; d. at Waukegan, 111., 23
Nov. 1857; m. at Wiscasset, 11 Aug. 1846, Rev. Benjamin Frank-
lin Parsons of Edgecomb, Me., a Congregational minister, b. 21
June 1820, d. at Derry, N. H., 3 Feb. 1896. She removed at once
to Waukegan, where her husband was settled. Children, b. at
Waukegan: 1. Sarah Frances, b. 28 May 1848; unm. 2. Maria
McKown, b. 11 Oct. 1851; d. unm. in Feb. 1900.
ii. John, b. in 1823; d. young.
iii. Maria, b. at Wiscasset in 1824 or 1825; d. at Aurora, 111., 6 Aug.
1885; m. at Waukegan, 111., Judge Benjamin Franklin Parks
of Aurora, s. of Calvin Chapin Parks. Residence, Aurora.
Children, b. at Aurora: 1. John Calvin, m. ; no children. 2.
Fridley, d. young.
iv. Helen S., b. at Wiscasset 5 Apr. 1826; d. at Aurora, 111,, 4 Apr. 1878;
m. (1) at Wiscasset, 22 June 1851, Charles W. Coffin; m. (2)
Samuel Ruste of Aurora, 111. Children by first husband, b. at
Wiscasset: 1. Charles W., d. unm. at Aurora. 2. Nellie, d. unm.
at Aurora.
* Vide supra, p. 93, footnote.
t This daughter, May H. Lennox, married Hopper Striker Mott of New York City, and had
two children.
t Gravestone reads 18 June 1827. Cf. Register, vol. 72, p. 243.
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Children by second wife :
V. Isabel Beecher, b. 29 Apr. 1836; m. at Aurora, 111., 2 Sept. 1857,
Robert Hall Parks, s. of Calvin Chapin Parks and younger
brother of Judge Benjamin Franklin Parks, husband of her half
sister Maria (5, iii). Residence, New York City. Child: 1.
Isabel Erskine, b. 1 Apr. 1860; m. 19 Apr. 1893 Samuel Dwight
Brewster of New York City, b. at Bowling Green, Ohio, 6 Aug.
1851, s. of Sidney Lyman and Catherine (Evers) Brewster and a
descendant of Elder William Brewster of the Plymouth Colony;
two sons, Sidney Erskine, b. 8 May 1897, and Warren Dwight, b.
12 Apr. 1901.
6. vi. Freeman Parker, b. 16 Aug. 1837.
vii. Mary Frances, b. in July 1838; d. 5 Apr. 1845.
viii. WiLLARD McKowN, b. in Apr. 1839; d. 12 Nov. 1846.
6. Freeman Parker^ Erskine {Col. John,^ Capt John,^ NinorO-)^
born 16 Aug. 1837, died at Wiscasset, Me., 28 May 1887. He
married at Davenport, Iowa, 2 Jan. 1863, Frances Louise
Sylvester, who died at Wiscasset 28 Aug. 1913, daughter of
Samuel and Charlotte of Bangor, Me.
Children :
i. Edith May,^ b. at Davenport, Iowa, 25 Feb. 1865; m. at Camden,
Me., 29 Aug. 1885, Martin Andrews of Chicago, 111. Residences,
Wiscasset and Chicago. Children: 1. Erskine, drowned when a
lad. 2. Martin, m. . 3. Barbara. 4. Wolcott.
ii. Albert Sylvester, b. at Evanston, 111., 6 July 1872; m. in Chicago,
111., 30 June 1903, Georgette Ernestine Lyon, dau. of George
P. and Marie Louise (Campion)* of Chicago. They have lived in
Chicago, at Seattle, Wash., and (since 1918) at Wiscasset. Chil-
dren: 1. Parker Sylvester,^ b. 29 May 1904. 2. John Lyon, h. 6
Aug. 1906. 3. Frances Louise, b. 14 Oct. 1910. 4. Frederick
• Benjamin, b. 18 Dec. 1912. 5. Albert Sylvester, b. 7 Feb. 1914.
THE DUNNINGS OF MAINE
By Rev. Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, A.M., D.D., of Bath, Me.
The following genealogy makes various additions to accounts pre-
viously published of Andrew Dunning of Brunswick, Me., and his
descendants, and corrects many erroneous statements about this
family that have appeared in print.
Dunning is an old, Anglo-Saxon clan name. Dunnington, a hamlet
of Warwickshire, England, was probably thie home of the clan in that
county, and is mentioned in records of the twelfth century. In
Yorkshire, about the same time, a place called Dunningsley is found.
In S(3otland, not far from Inverness, is the town of Dunning. The
surname Dunning was common in Dorset in the sixteenth century,
and a little later it is found in Devonshire. The Scottish records
mention persons named Dunning very frequently in the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries. Robert Dunning was a member of the
Scottish Parliament in 1472, 1475, and 1482. James, son of the
* Marie Louise Campion was born in France.
98 The Dunnings of Maine [April
late John Dunning, was apprenticed to David Dunning, saddler, of
Edinburgh in 1597.
Many Scotch families passed over to the northern part of Ireland
about the year 1600. Andrew Dunning was buried at Lough Derry
22 May 1662. His daughter Mary was buried 6 June 1655, as the
register of Derry Cathedral, parish of Templemore, Londonderry,
Ireland, declares.
Some have tried to connect the Dunnings of Maine with the family
of Lord Ashburton, but all evidence is against the claim. John
Dunning of Ashburton, lawyer, was born in 1700 and died in 1780.
His son John was born 18 Oct. 1731, was admitted to the English
bar in 1756, was elected member of Parliament in 1768, married
Elizabeth Baring in 1780, was elevated to the peerage in 1782, and
died at Exmouth, England, 18 Aug. 1783. He was celebrated for
his eloquence and legal abilities. His lands and titles were inherited
by his only surviving son, Richard Barr Dunning, who was born 20
Sept. 1782, married 17 Sept. 1805 Anna, daughter of William
Cunningham, and died without issue 15 Feb. 1823. He bequeathed
the portions of his estate which had long been in the Dunning family
to the nearest collateral male heir, if such heir could be found within
three months of the testator's death. John Dunning of London,
retailer of beer, proved his claim to the estate, and his descendants
were living upon it in 1852, as is learned from a letter of George F.
Dunning of Farmington, Conn., who visited England in that year
and searched in vain for his ancestors. The Dunning family of
Maine sent over a representative to investigate their right to the
above-named estate, which imagination claimed to be worth £fty
millions of dollars. No Dunning in America had any claim whatever
to the estate and no connection whatever with the Dunning family
of Ashburton, except through the ancient clan.
There were Dunnings in New England at an early date. George
Dunning was a settler at New Haven, Conn., as early as 1644, owning
a part of the present campus of Yale University. His descendants
are numerous. Benjamin Dunning, dealer in leather, had a son
Benjamin, who was born in Boston, Mass., 3 Mar. 1679. He
probably went to Stratford, Conn., and to Long Island. His brother,
John Dunning, settled at Newtown, Conn. A younger brother,
Michael Dunning, is said to have married Margaret Foster at Jamaica,
Long Island, in 1710, and to have settled at Goshen, Orange Co.,
N. Y., in 1714, where he had sons, Jacob, Samuel, James, and Michael.
Hick Dunning married at Hingham, Mass., 7 Dec. 1669, Sarah Joy,
daughter of Thomas and Joan (Gallop), and had a son, Edmund, who
was born at Hingham 31 Mar. 1672.* Jonathan Dunning was a
soldier in King Philip's War in 1676.
It is quite clear that the Dunning family of Brunswickf came over
with the so-called Scotch-Irish immigrants of 1717-18 from London-
derry, Ireland. The military enrolment of Andrew Dunning and
his sons in 1723 declares that they came from Ireland. But, although
* History of Hingham vol. 2, p. 206.
t All places mentioned in this article are situated within the present limits of the State of
Maine, unless another State or region is indicated in the text or may be easily inferred from the
context.
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sometimes called Irish, they were all Scotch, who had lived for one
or two generations in Ireland.
1. Andrew^ Dunning, born about 1664, died at Brunswick 18
Jan. 1736 [?1736/7], aged 72 years. He married, according to tradi-
tion. Susan Bond, who perished in the burning of her house a year
after her husband's death. A negro slave narrowly escaped death
at the same time.
Andrew Dunning came to New England in 1717, and in that year
bought lots in the town of Brunswick, as the records of the Pejepscot
Company declare. The following year, as it seems, his family came
over with the immigrants from the north of Ireland. His son, David
Dunning, aged 86 in 1793, testified that he had lived in Brunswick
''ever since I was a boy of twelve years of age." On 8 Oct. 1767 the
same David Dunning deposed "that on or about the year 1718 I
came first to Boston and in the same vessel with Mr. Andrew Mc-
Fadden and his wife (who is now a widow) and that soon after we
came to Boston we came down together in the same vessel to the
eastern country; that the said McFadden and his wife went to live at
a place in merry meeting bay called Somersett. — The deponent adds
that he has lived in the town of Brunswick constantly ever since the
year one thousand seven hundred and eighteen and within ten or
fifteen miles of Somersett aforesaid."*
The ship Maccullum, James Law, master, arrived at Boston from
Londonderry, Ireland, 1 Sept. 1718. The same ship sailed from
Boston to Merry Meeting Bay on 8 Sept. 1718. Rev. James Wood-
side in 1723 said in a petition that "he with 40 families, consisting of
above 160 persons did in the year 1718 embarque on a ship at Derry
Lough in Ireland in order to erect a colony at Casco Bay, in your
Majesty s Province of Main in New England. That being arrived
they made a settlement at a place called by the Indians Pegipscot,
but by them Brunswick, within 4 miles from Fort George, where he
had a garrison house."
That garrison house was built by the Pejepscot Company at
Maquoit, on Middle Bay, in the southerly part of Brunswick. Near
by Andrew Dunning bought his lots and built his house, on the farm
occupied in 1878 by Patrick McManus. Here he lived as a black-
smith and farmer, " much respected for his integrity and uprightness
of Character." He was buried in the old cemetery near the first
meeting house, on Main Street, a mile or so south of Bowdoin College,
and his gravestone is said to be the oldest one in Brunswick and to
have been made by his son James. The inscription reads as follows :
Here lyeth the Body of Mr Andrew Duning who departed this life
lanawary the 18th Anno Dom 1736 aged 72 Yrs.
Children : '
2. i. James,2 b. in 1691.
3. ii. William, b. about 1700.
iii. Robert, killed by Indians in 1724.
iv. Andrew, killed by Indians in 1724, aged 20. William Dunning of
York was appointed administrator of his estate, 4 Oct. 1726.
4. V. David, b. in 1706.
* Cf. Bangor Historical Magazine, vol. 6, pp. 38-39.
VOL. LXXIV. 7
100 The Dunning s of Maine [April
2. Lieut. James^ Dunning (Andrew^), of Brunswick, born in 1691,
died 8 June 1752. He married Martha Lithgow, daughter
of Capt. Robert, as tradition, supported by the McKeen
Manuscripts, says. He Hved on the homestead at Maquoit.
He was selectman in 1739, 1743, and 1746. He was com-
missioner to the General Court in 1747, a soldier in Captain
Giles's company in 1723-24, and afterwards a heutenant in the
militia. It was, perhaps, his widow whose intention of mar-
riage to Wait Herrick of Nobletown was published 5 Apr. 1759.
Children, recorded at Brunswick:
5. i. Robert,^ b. 10 Jan. 1731.
ii. Mary, b. 18 Apr. 1733; m. (intention recorded in Sept. 1754) Wil-
liam Read, Jr.
iii. Susanna, b. 17 Mar. 1736; m. (intention recorded 20 Oct. 1754)
Mathew Patten of Biddeford. Residence, Surry.
6. iv. James, b. 31 July 1738.
V. Margaret, b. 15 Nov. 1740; d. in Sept. 1814; m. (intention recorded
21 Aug. 1759) Thomas Campbell of North Yarmouth. Residence,
Brewer.
7. vi. William, b. 4 Mar. 1743.
8. vii. Andrew, b. 18 Apr. 1745.
9. viii. David, b. 16 Dec. 1749.
10. ix. John, b 8 Mar. 1753.
3. Willi AM^ Dunning (Andrew^), of York, farmer and cordwainer,
born about 1700, died at York 13 June 1783. He married at
York, 26 Nov. 1724, Deborah Donnell, daughter of Benjamin
and Mary (Harmon)* of York and granddaughter of Thomas
Donnell. Deborah (Donnell) Dunning died in 1771, in the
67th year of her age, "deserving," as her gravestone says,
"the best character as a wife, a mother, a neighbor and a
Christian, and will be remembered with great affection and
esteem by all who knew her." WiUiam Dunning came to
Brunswick in 1718, but the attacks of the Indians in 1724
induced him to settle at York.
Children, recorded at York:
i. Benjaihin,3 b. 14 Aug. 1725; d. 27 Oct. 1730.
11. ii. Andrew, b. 11 July 1727.
iii. Mary, b. 11 Jan. 1729; d. young.
iv. Deborah, b. 9 May 1732; d. 2 Sept. 1820; m. 27 Dec. 1750 Jona-
than Farnum.
v. Mercy, b. 7 Nov. 1734; m. 27 Dec. 1757 John Mitchell of Kittery.
12. vi. Benjamin, b. 17 Jan. 1736/7.
vii. Mary, b. 4 Apr. 1739; m. 18 Dec. 1760 DmiMER Sewall.
viii. James, b. 17 Mar. 1741; d. before 9 July 1775; m. 24 Dec. 1771
Mary Bragdon, dau. of Joseph. She m. (2) 24 Feb. 1778 John
Emery. Cliildren: 1. Joseph,* b. 18 Apr. 1773; m. (intention
recorded 18 Jan. 1799) Olive Knight. 2. James, b. 6 July 1775.
(York records.)
ix. Jenny, b. 8 June 1743; m. 9 June 1781 Thomas Baker.
X. William, b. 4 Jan. 1745/6; m. at Portsmouth, N. H., 23 Mar. 1773,
Jane Seyimore, who survived him and m. (2) 1 Feb. 1784
Arthur Briggs. Child: 1. Deborah,* b. in 1776.
4. Capt. David^ Dunning (Andrew^), of Brunswick, born in 1706,
died at Brunswick 16 Aug. 1793, aged 87, and was buried
* Mary Harmon was daughter of John Harmon.
The Dunning s of Maine 101
with his father, first wife, brother James, and several children
in the old cemetery, a mile or so south of Bowdoin College.
The inscriptions on their slate gravestones are still legible. He
married first, in Boston, Mass., 5 Dec. 1735 (Rev. John
Moorhead, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, where the
marriage is recorded, officiating), Mary Todd, who died 16
Aug. 1784, aged 74, probably daughter of John and Rachel
(Nelson) and sister of Andrew Todd of Londonderry, N. H.,
and of Capt. Alexander Todd of Boston; and secondly, 29
Jan. 1788, Mrs. Mary (Lithgow) Hunter, daughter of Capt.
Robert Lithgow and widow of Capt. Adam Hunter of Topsham.
She was a sister of the wife of David Dunning's brother James
(2). David Dunning and his second wife were both over
eighty years of age at the time of their marriage.
David Dunning came to Brunswick in 1718. He was a
soldier in Captain Giles's company in 1723-4, when seventeen
years of age. He owned a large part of the land where the
village of Brunswick now stands, having bought, 25 Sept.
1730, of Rowling Norton of Sahsbury, Mass., 97 acres "border-
ing on Amos cogen river," as the deed says. This Norton had
served with him in Captain Giles's company. On 10 Oct.
1735 David Dunning sold land in Londonderry, N. H., and
this indicates, perhaps, a short residence in that place. (Cf.
deed at Concord, N. H.)
He built a garrison house in Brunswick, near the spot where
the town hall now (1920) stands, and the site has been marked
with an appropriate historical tablet. "It was two stories
high, forty feet long, and twenty-two feet wide. The second
story projected about three or four feet over the first, and the
walls had loop-holes for the purpose of enabling the inmates
to fire upon the Indians when necessity required. There was
a tower on the top, from which the teams could be watched on
their way to and from the Merriconeag Marshes." (History
of Brunswick, p. 634.)
In this garrison all his children were born. In 1772 he
built a house near his garrison, on Main Street, and here he
died. Here also his son John kept a tavern, calling it "Wash-
ington Hall." It was burned in 1856. When Fort George
was dismantled in 1761, David Dunning and Jeremiah Moulton
bought the site for £133. 6s. 8d. They owned the water
power on both sides of the river and built the first dam and
sawmill. Fort George stood where the big cotton mill now
stands, at the lower end of Main Street.
An old record says that David Dunning "was one of the most
active, enterprising and respected men of his time." He was
a deacon in the Congregational Church, the first representative
of Brunswick in the General Court of Massachusetts, in 1742-3,
a member of the first Board of Selectmen in 1739, a selectman
again in 1741 and 1749, and town clerk in 1762. He appears
as heutenant in the militia in 1746 and was commissioned
captain by Governor Shirley about 1748. Later in life he
102 The Dunnings of Maine [April
was captain of an ^ 'Alarm Company." In Jan. 1755 he
served twenty-one days in helping to transport stores for the
soldiers at Forts Western and Halifax, in Augusta and Winslow,
hauling these stores by handsleds on the ice from Arrowsic. In
lumbering and military expeditions he learned the value of
the surrounding country , and, when the town of Royalsborough,
now Durham, was planned in 1762, he bought one-sixteenth
of the township. In the division of lots he drew, among others,
Lot 91, in the northern part of the town, and in 1783 he gave
a deed of it, 75 acres, to his daughter, Elizabeth Stackpole.
A pewter platter, inscribed with the initials D. D., is in the
possession of the Stackpole family, and Mrs. Elizabeth (Dun-
' ning) Alexander of Harpswell had, in 1900, a silver spoon with
the initials A. D., which Andrew Dunning brought with him
in 1717.
Children by first wife, born at Brunswick:
13. i. Andrew,^ b. 9 Nov. 1736.
14. ii. John, b. 19 Sept. 1738.
iii. Mary, b. 22 Oct. 1740; d. 22 June 1S18; m. 15 Nov. 1764 William
Owen, cabinet maker, b. at Falmouth (now Portland) 23 Apr.
1739, d. 3 July 1799, aged 61, s, of John and Margaret (Mustard).
His house, which stood on the site of the post office in Portland,
was burned by the British in 1775. Soon afterwards he moved
to Brunswick and lived on the corner of Main and O'Brien Streets.
He and his wife were members of the Congregational Church,
Brunswick. He was deputy to the General Court in 1785. Both
are buried in the oldest cemetery of Brunswick. Children,
recorded by William Owen in his account book: 1. Mary, b. 23
Aug. 1765; d. unm. 22 Oct. 1789. 2. David, b. 19 May 1767; d.
15 Oct. 1857; m. Lettie Wilson; lived in or near Wayne; eleven
children. 3. John, b. 27 Aug. 1769; d. at Brunswick 13 Nov.
1831; m. 17 Aug. 1806 Susanna Nichols of Cohasset, Mass.;
their only child, Susan Bowne, b. 11 Sept. 1809, m. Rev. James
Budd Britton. 4. Elizabeth, b. 27 May 1771; d. 15 May 1830;
m. before 1799 John Woodside. 5. Samuel, h. 22 June 1772; d.
unm. 27 Dec. 1792. 6. Peggy, b. 3 Mar. 1774; d. unm. 12 Nov.
1818. 7. Jenny, h. 9 Apr. 1776; d. unm. 28 Jan. 1806. 8. Lucy,
b. 3 June 1779; d. 20 Apr. 1871; m. Moody, a sea captain.
9. Rachel, b. 9 May 1781; d. unm., at the old Owen homestead,
20 Aug. 1851. 10. William, b. 3 Jan. 1784; d. at Baltimore, Md.,
where he lived, 12 Sept. 1851; four sons and two daughters.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 29 Nov. 1742; d. 8 June 1747.
V. Margaret, b. 11 Feb. 1745; m. 19 Oct. 1765 Robert Sutherland
of Portland. The name Sutherland does not appear in the Revo-
lutionary rolls nor in the U. S. Census of 1790 anywhere in Maine.
Children, bapt. in the First Parish, Portland: 1. James, bapt. 21
Sept. 1766; d. young. 2. Mary, bapt. 19 June 1768; m. Thomas
Noyes (?). 3. Jane, bapt. 17 Dec. 1769. 4. William, bapt. 23
May 1773. 5. Peggy, bapt. 12 Mar. 1775; d. 7 Sept. 1861; m. (1)
(intention recorded at Newbury, Mass., 20 Aug. 1803) Joseph
Coffin of Newbury; she was then of Brunswick but had been in
St. John, N. B.; m. (2) 27 Nov. 1806 Thomas Emery of Newbury;
three children by second husband. 6. James, bapt. 13 Oct. 1771.
vi. David, b. 29 Sept. 1747; d. 18 Oct. 1747.
vii. Jennet, b. 29 Jan. 1748/9; d. 11 Mar. 1786; m. 1 Jan. 1774 John
DuNLAP, b. 19 June 1738, s. of Rev. Robert and Jane (Allison),
who survived her and m. (2) Mary Tappan.* He was represen-
* John and Mary (Tappan) Dunlap had three children: 1. Richard T., b. 28 June 1789; d.
26 0ct. 1863; a general in the militia. 2. Robert Pinckney, A. B. (Bowdoin College, 1815), A.M. (ib.,
1920] . The Dunnings of Maine 103
•
tative to the General Court, 1799-1805. In 1803 he was esteemed
the richest man in Maine, worth $200,000. (See History of
Brunswick, p. 730.) He built the house on Main Street where Dr.
Lincoln lived, which has now been moved back on O'Brien Street,
and here he entertained Talleyrand for a day. Children: 1.
Robert, b. 16 Nov. 1774; d. young. 2. John, b. 7 Mar. 1776; d.
14 July 1842; m. 22 Sept. 1821 Mrs. Lois (Cushing) Porter, who
d. at HoUis in Oct. 1882, aged 91 years; six children, of whom
Frances H. m. 6 Sept. 1857, as his second wife, James Russell
Lowell, the poet, and d. in London, Eng., 19 Feb. 1885. 3. David,
h. 21 June 1778; d. 5 Feb. 1843; m. in 1821 Nancy McKeen, dau.
of Rev. Joseph, the first president of Bowdoin College; he was
representative for ten years in the Legislature of Massachusetts
and Maine, an overseer of Bowdoin College, and a member of the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. 4.
Samuel, b. 6 May 1780; d. young. 5. Manj, b. 29 Mar. 1783; d.
young.
viii. Elizabeth, b. 9 Sept. 1751; d. 29 Feb. 1836; m. at Harpswell, 4 July
1775, John Stackpole of Harpswell, later of Durham, b. at
Somersworth, N. H., 4 Aug. 1749, d. 26 June 1829, s. of James and
Elizabeth (Pierce). Nine children. (Cf. History and Genealogy
of the Stackpole Family, pp. 132 et seq.)
5. Robert^ Dunning (James,^ Andrew^), of Brunswick, born at
Brunswick 10 Jan. 1731,- died 7 Oct. 1804. He married
(intention recorded 14 Feb. 1757) Sarah Spear, born 26 Feb.
1737, probably daughter of William and Elizabeth.
He was a lieutenant in the Revolution and later a captain
in the mihtia. He built, it is said, the first vessel on Middle
Bay, Brunswick. He was on the Committee of Correspon-
dence, Inspection, and Safety in 1778. He and his wife Sarah
were members of the Congregational Church in 1772.
Children, recorded at Brunswick:
i. James, ^ b. 4 Feb. 1757; probably lost on the privateer Sea Flower
in 1778. (See History of Brunswick, p. 686.)
ii. Robert, b. 13 Aug. 1758; d. 6 Sept. 1758.
iii. William, b. 1 Sept. 1759; m. Hannah Stanwood.
iv. Robert, b. 3 Sept. 1762; m. in 1794 Elizabeth Bucklin of Thomas-
ton (?).
V. Andrew, b. 14 Apr. 1765; d. 15 Sept. 1800.
vi. Elizabeth, b. 2 Aug. 1767; m., probably, 12 Jan. 1792, Arthur
GiVEEN.
vii. David, b. 10 Aug. 1769; m. Betsey Farrin, dau. of John (?).
Children: 1. James} 2. John Jefferson.
viii. Martha, b. 7 Jan. 1772; m. (1) 9 Aug. 1792 Ebenezer Stanwood;
m. (2) in 1796 Joseph Dustin.
ix. John, b. 2 Oct. 1774; m. in Boston, Mass., 22 July 1793, Elizabeth
Hammon (?).
X. Mary, b. 3 Mar. 1777; m. in 1806 Nathan Bucklin of Thomaston (?).
xi. Susannah, b. 15 Mar. 1781.
6. James^ Dunning (James, ^ Andrew^), of Brunswick and Bangor,
born at Brunswick 31 July 1738, was buried at Bangor 30
Mar. 1792. He married (intention recorded 29 Nov. 1764)
Jane Woodside, born 14 May 1742, daughter of William and
Ann (Vincent). He moved to Bangor in 1772. (See Bangor
Historical Magazine, vol. 6.)
1818), b. at Brunswick 17 Aug. 1794; d. there 20 Oct. 1859; m. Lydia Chapman; Governor of
Maine, 1834-1837. 3. Marcia Scott, b. 12 July 1799; m. in 1820 Dr. Isaac Lincoln of Brunswick.
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Children :
i. jAJviES,''m. 8 Oct. 1786 Anna Thoms, who d. at Charleston 30 Oct.
1825, aged 58. Children: 1. Solomon,^ b. at Levant in 1800; d.
at Charleston in 1871. 2. Christopher T. 3. Col. John of Charles-
ton. 4. William. Also others.
ii. William, m. 25 Mar. 1792 Abiel Swett.
iii. Eliza, m. 30 June 1789 Archibald McPhetres, Jr.
iv. Anna, m. 13 Oct. 1791 Elijah Smith of Bangor.
V. Robert, d. at Bangor 13 May 1840, aged 68.
vi. John, d. at Bangor, aged 77; m. Theodosia Sanborn, dau. of
Richard and Rebecca (Blaisdell) of Hampden. Children: 1. John.^
2. Jane. 3. James (twin), b. 3 Apr. 1813. 4. Alexander (twin),
b. 3 Apr. 1813. 5. Susan. 6. Caroline. 7. Robert. 8. Charles H.
9. Nancy. James, Alexander and Robert were merchants in
Bangor.
vii. Andrew, b. at Bangor in 1787.
7. William^ Dunning {James,^ Andrew^), of Brunswick, was born
at Brunswick 4 Mar. 1743. He married, 8 Jan. 1774, Jean-
NETTE Stanwood, bom 26 July 1757, daughter of Daniel. He
was a sergeant in the Revolution.
Children, recorded at. Brunswick:
i. Thomas,* b. 6 May 1779; m. 19 July 1804 Rebecca Starbird.
ii. David, b. 28 Aug. 1780; m. 5 Dec. 1804 Martha Stanwood.
iii. Jane, b. 20 Nov. 1788.
iv. Mary, b. 2 June 1790; m. 1 Feb. 1809 William James (?).
V. John, b. 5 Sept. 1796; m. 20 Mar. 1820 Mary Woodside.
8. Andrew^ Dunning {James,'^ Andrew^), born 18 Apr. 1745, died
23 May 1804. He married (intention recorded 9 July 1768)
Mrs. Margaret (Miller) Ransom, who died 24 May 1837,
aged 96 years, 2 months, daughter of John (the tailor) and
Jane (Craige) Miller, granddaughter of John and Jane Miller
of Falmouth (Cape Elizabeth), and widow of Thomas Ransom,
whom she married in Boston, 23 Dec. 1761.
Children (from private records of a descendant) :
i. James," b. in 1769; d. 18 Feb. 1837; m. (1) 3 Oct. 1803 Alice Skol-
FiELD, b. 15 Nov. 1782, d. 30 May 1819, dau. of Clement and Alice
(Means) ; m. (2) 23 Sept. 1822 Elizabeth T. Elkins. Children
(the last child certainly by second wife) : 1. Samuel,^ d. unm. 2.
James, m. Dunlap. 3. Clarissa, b. 24 Nov. 1829; m.
Charles Lewis Thompson.
ii. Martha Lithgow, b. 22 Nov. 1771; d. 5 July 1858; m. 31 Jan. 1799
William Rogers, s. of John, b. 2 June 1773, d. 10 July 1857.
iii. Jane, m. 18 Apr. 1795 William Rideout of Bowdoinham.
iv. Margaret, b. about 1776; d. in 1800; m. 28 Dec. 1797 Josiah (or
John) Melcher.
V. David, b. 4 Apr. 1778; m. 15 Feb. 1813 Mary Linscot.
vi. Andrew, b. 13 Nov. 1779; d. 17 Sept. 1861; m. (1) 20 Nov. 1804
Susanna Dunlap; m. (2) Elizabeth Ransom, who d. 16 Oct.
1835, aged 50; m. (3) in 1841 (?) Sophia Ransom.
vii. Mary, b. in 1781; d. 19 Mar. 1813, aged 32; m. 21 June 1804 her
second cousin, Samuel* Dunning (12, vi), q. v., of Harpswell, b. 21
June 1774, d. 21 Jan. 1811, s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Ewing).
yiii. Robert, b. 21 Oct. 1782; m. 4 Mar. 1810 Sally Stanwood.
ix. John, d. unm. when a young man.
X. Susan, d. unm. 3 Jan. 1861, aged 83 (?).
9. David^ Dunning {J antes ■^ Andrew^), born 16 Dec. 1749, died
10 Apr. 1823. He married, 17 Dec. 1783, Elizabeth Hunt,
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who died 23 June 1846, aged 87. He was a soldier in the
Revolution.
Children, recorded at Brunswick:
i. John,* b. 19 Oct. 1784; d. 11 July 1839; m. Rebecca Stanwood,
who d. 3 Jan. 1809, aged 46 years, 9 months.
ii. James, b. 3 May 1786; d. 8 Apr. 1862; m. Jane Chase.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 12 May 1788; d. 15 Oct. 1855; m. 20 Jan. 1812 Timothy
Merrtman.
iv. Hannah, b. 1 June 1790; m. James Ross.
V. Joanna, b. 10 Mar. 1795; d. 1 Apr. 1850; m. James Stanwood.
vi. Susannah, b. 30 Sept. 1797; m. in 1821 (?) George Woodside.
10. JoHN^ Dunning (James,^ Andrew^), born 8 Mar. 1753, died 11
July 1839. He married, 18 Jan. 1783, Rebecca Spear, who
died 3 Jan. 1809.
Children, recorded at Freeport:
i. James,* b. 14 Aug. 1785; m. (intention recorded in Mar. 1819)
Deborah Rogers, dau. of Jeremiah,
ii. Robert, b. 29 Jan. 1789; m. about 15 Dec. 1815 Mary Rogers,
sister of Deborah,
iii. Betsey, b. 28 May 1791; m. about 1811 George R. Anderson (?).
11. Andrew^ Dunning {William,^ Andrew^), born at York 11 July
1727, died 27 Mar. 1808. He married, 9 May 1751, Hannah
Shepherd, daughter of Mark and Hannah (Hilton) (Cole),
born at York 5 Apr. 1726, died 28 Dec. 1811. (See Old
Kittery and Her Families, p. 715.) He moved to Harpswell
in 1757 and settled at ^'High Head," east from the Academy.
He was town clerk twenty-five years, a deacon in the Congre-
gational Church, and one of the selectmen.
Children, recorded at Harpswell:
i. Hannah/ b. 22 Feb. 1752; d. at ChestervHle 8 Jan. 1846; m. (1) 29
Sept. 1788 Hugh Alexander; m. (2) Joseph Foster. Child
(illegitimate) : Aaron Dunning, b. 4 Nov. 1779 (Harpswell records).
Child by first husband: 1. Benjamin, b. 12 Apr. 1790.
ii. Deborah, b. 16 Sept. 1753; m. 26 Aug. 1773 Josiah Rains of
Georgetown.
iii. Anna, b. 17 Sept. 1756; d. 20 Dec. 1792; m. 6 June 1785 James
Doyle.
iv. Dorcas, b. 29 Sept. 1758; d. at Chesterville, aged 83 years, 10
months; m. 30 Jan. 1776 Samuel Linscott.
v. Mary, b. 3 July 1760; m. 6 Apr. 1780 David Wilson.
vi. Andrew, b. 19 Oct. 1761; d. young.
vii. Jenny, b. 19 Mar. 1763; m. 29 Oct. 1782 Dummer Sewall, Jr., who
d. at Chesterville 11 Feb. 1846, aged 87.
viii. Mercy, b. 17 Aug. 1764; d. 17 Apr. 1836.
ix. Andrew, of Harpswell, b. 2 Nov. 1765; d. 3 May 1851; m. 29 Mar.
1798 his first cousin, Elizabeth* Dunning (12, vii), b. 10 Oct.
1777, d. 5 Sept. 1846, aged 68 years, 10 months, 26 days, dau.of
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Ewing). Children: 1. Samuel,^ b. 20
Dec. 1799; d. 7 Sept. 1854. 2. Hannah, b. 22 Mar. 1802; d. 27
July 1873. 3. David S., b. 6 Sept. 1808; d. 19 Sept. 1888. 4.
Andrew J., b. 7 Dec. 1810; d. 27 Dec. 1810. 5. Mary, b. 9 Apr.
1813. 6. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jan. 1816; m. 1 Nov. 1835 William
Alexander; from her were received, in July 1898, these genealogical
notes of the descendants of William Dunning of York.
X. Lydia, b. 31 May 1767; d. 22 Apr. 1774.
xi. William, b. 28 Sept. 1769; d. 20 Mar. 1840; m. Abigail , who
d. 21 June 1847, aged 70.
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xii. Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1771; d. at Harpswell 14 Sept. 1836; m. 18 Aug.
1791 David Alexander, Jr.
12. Benjamin^ Dunning (William,^ Andrew^), of Harpswell, farmer,
born at York 17 Jan. 1736/7, died at Harpswell 8 Jan. 1808.
He married, 18 Jan. 1763, Elizabeth Ewing, who died 16 Nov.
1815, aged 76, daughter of Dea. Joseph of Harpswell.
He was town clerk of Harpswell, representative to the
General Court of Massachusetts in 1785, 1791, 1793, 1797,
and 1800-1806, a Ueutenant in the Revolution, and an over-
seer of Bowdoin College, 1800-1808. He is said to have done
more than any other to secure the location of the College at
Brunswick.
Children, recorded at Harpswell :
i. Mercy," b. 21 Mar. 1764; d. 13 Jan. 1766.
ii. Benjamin (twin), b. 3 June 1766; d. 29 July 1855; m. (1) 14 Apr.
1791 Ann Alexander, who d. 2 July 1805, dau. of David; m.
(2) 2 June 1806 Agnes Dunning, who d. 11 Dec. 1856, perhaps
the widow of Joseph (12, v). Children by first wife: 1. Jane,^ b. 8
Feb. 1792; d. 10 June 1871. 2. James (twin), b. 16 Dec. 1793;
d. 15 Aug. 1874; m. 26 Feb. 1824 Abigail Merryman. 3.
Francis (twin), b. 16 Dec. 1793; d. young. 4. David, b. 8
Jan. 1796; d. 13 Sept. 1799. 5. Ahiezer, b. 4 Mar. 1798; d.
11 Oct. 1871, having lived in the house built by John Stack-
pole at High Head. 6. Rebecca, b. 23 May 1800; d. 4 Oct.
1844. 7. Isaac, b. 3 Sept. 1802; d. 24 Nov. 1890. 8. Charles,
b. 25 Oct. 1804; d. 24 Apr. 1884. Children by second wife: 9.
Ann, b. 17 June 1807. 10. Alice, b. 28 Dec. 1809; d. 5 Mar.
1890. 11. Margaret Pennell, b. 20 Sept. 1813.
iii. Elizabeth (twin), b. 3 June 1766; d. young.
iv. William, of Harpswell, b. 26 Nov. 1768; d. 20 Jan. 1827; m. 25 IMar.
1794 Anne Skolfield, who d. 1 Feb. 1833, dau. of Clement and
Mary (Adams). Children: 1. Mercy,^ b. 31 Oct. 1794. 2. Clement
S., b. 19 Jan. 1797; d. 13 Oct. 1832. 3. Robert, b. 29 Sept. 1799.
4. Alice, b. 18 Mar. 1802; d. 1 Jan. 1805. 5. Rufus, b. 12 Mar.
1806; d. 13 Aug. 1859. 6. Elizabeth Ewing, b. 28 Feb. 1809. 7.
Alice Mains, b. 14 Sept. 1811; d. at Bangor in 1850. 8. George,
b. 16 Feb. 1815. 9. Mary Skolfield, b. 11 July 1818.
V. Joseph, b. 20 May 1771; m. 11 Dec. 1792 Agnes Pennell, dau. of
Thomas. Children: 1. Elizabeth,^ b. 2 Nov. 1793. 2. Joseph,
b. 11 July 1796.
vi. Samuel, b. 21 June 1774; d. 21 Jan. 1811; m. 21 June 1804 his
second cousin, Mary^ Dunning (8, vii), b. in 1781, d. 19 Mar.
1813, aged 32, dau. of Andrew and Margaret (Miller) (Ran-
som) of Brunswick. Children: 1. Benjamin,^ b. 6 Dec. 1805. 2.
Margaret, b. 28 Mar. 1806; m. Alfred McLellan. 3. Mary, b. 9
May 1809; m. Rev. Joseph W. Sessions.
vii. Elizabeth, b. 10 Oct. 1777; d. 5 Sept. 1846, aged 68 years, 10
months, 26 days; m. 29 Mar. 1798 her first cousin, Andrew*
Dunning (11, ix), q. v., b. 2 Nov. 1765, d. 3 May 1851, s. of Andrew
and Hannah (Shepherd).
viii. Deborah, b. 13 Apr. 1780; d. 17 Jan. 1861; m. Jacob Pennell.
ix. James, b. 9 Sept. 1783; d. at the age of 4 years.
13. Andrew^ Dunning (David,^ Andrew^), of Brunswick, born at
Brunswick 9 Nov. 1736, died 3 July 1800. He married, 29
Dec. 1768, Elizabeth Dunlap, who died 4 Mar. 1801, aged 64
years, daughter of Rev. Robert and Jane (Alhson). He was
a deacon in the Congregational Church in 1772, was on the
Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety in
1920] The Dunnings of Maine 107
1776-77, and was Brunswick's first postmaster in 1793. He
was one of the selectmen in 1779, 1780, 1781, 1786, 1787, 1789,
and 1790.
Children, recorded at Brunswick:
i. Jean/ b. 4 May 1771; m. 15 July 1804 Robert Dunlap.
ii. Mary, b. 19 June 1772; d. 25 Feb. 1798.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 24 Jan. 1774; m. 15 Jan. 1801 Aaron Melcher.
iv. Margaret, b.,17 Dec. 1775; ra. Dea. Caleb Marsh of Bath.
V. Susanna, b. 15 July 1776; d. unm. in Jan. 1861.
vi. Robert Dunlap, of Brunswick, civil engineer, b. at Brunswick 8
Aug. 1780; d. 20 Feb. 1839; m. Mary O'Brien, who d. 29 Oct.
1853, aged 71. He lived nearly opposite the Congregational
Church, in the house, remodelled and set back from the street,
which was lately occupied by Professor Robinson. He was a
captain in the War of 1812, a selectman in 1811 and in 1814-1816,
representative to the General Court in 1808-1812, 1814, and 1816,
a member of the Maine Constitutional Convention in 1819, and
an overseer of Bowdoin College, 1805-1839. Children: 1. Eliza-
beth Dunlap,^ b. 22 June 1804. 2. Howard O'Brien, b. 5. Sept. 1805.
3. Mary, b. 14 July 1807. 4. Robert Dunlap, b. 3 Sept. 1809. 5.
Marcia Scott, b. 10 Nov. 1810; m. Rev. William W. Rand. 6.
John O'Brien, b. 23 Aug. 1813. 7. Rev. Andrew, A.B. (Bowdoin
College, 1837), b. at Brunswick 11 July 1815; d. at Thompson,
Conn., 26 Mar. 1872. 8. George Freeman, of Farmington, Conn.,
A.M. (Bowdoin College, 1861), b. at Brunswick 25 May 1817;
d. at Briar Cliff, N. Y., 26 June 1910; secretary of the Trustees
and ex-oficio overseer of Bowdoin College, 1849-50. 9.
Maurice O'Brien, b. 25 Oct. 1819. 10. William O'Brien, b.
at Brunswick 9 July 1823; d. 4 Feb. 1855; a merchant at Ma-
tanzas, Cuba. 11. Richard, b. 4 July 1825.
vii. Lois, b. 30 Sept. 1783; m. 26 May 1803 Samuel Melcher, 3d.
Fourteen children.
viii. Rebecca, b. 19 Oct. 1785; d. young.
14. JoHN^ Dunning {David,^ Andreio^), born at Brunswick 19 Sept.
1738, died 10 Feb. 1831. He married Lois Hinkley, who died
21 Oct. 1811, aged 58, daughter of Judge Aaron. He was a
lieutenant in the Revolution, and served on the Committee of
Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety in 1778. He was a
selectman in 1791 and 1792.
Children :
i. Rachel,4 b. 5 Apr. 1773; d. 18 Dec. 1786.
ii. David, b. 7 Nov. 1774; d. unm. Resided in New Hampshire.
iii. Mary, b. 23 Oct. 1777; d. 13 Nov. 1808; m. 19 Nov. 1801 Caleb
Gushing.
iv. Rebecca, b. 20 Feb. 1780; d. 3 Jan. 1850; m. 11 Mar. 1823 John
COBURN.
v. Aaron, b. 26 Dec. 1782; d. 31 Jan. 1854; m. 4 Mar. 1804 Sally
KiLGORE, who d. 19 Mar. 1855, aged 69. Children: 1. Horace.^
2. Orlando. 3. Harriet. 4. Esther. 5. Lois. 6. Rufus. 7. Samuel.
vi. Samuel, b. 31 Jan. 1786; d. at sea in Oct. 1811.
vii. Rachel, b. 6 Apr. 1788; d. 30 Mar. 1816; m. in 1815 John Coburn.
viii. Col. John Andrew, of Brunswick, b. 9 May 1790; m. 30 Aug. 1823
Hannah Stanw^ood Owen, b. 2 Sept. 1796, d. 2 Oct. 1841, dau.
of Philip. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen, 1827-
1830, captain of the Brunswick Light Infantry, which took part
in the reception of Lafayette at Portland in 1824, and afterwards
colonel of the Second Regiment of Militia. Later he removed to
Williamsburg. Children: 1. Rachel Coburn.^ 2. Charles Lincoln.
3. Francis Edward. 4. Capt. John Frederic, b. at Brunswick
1 Aug. 1832; killed in the Battle of Gaines's Mill, Va., 27 June 1862;
108 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [April
m. 1 Jan. 1861 Maria Merrill, b. at Barnard, dau. of Adams H.
and Persis H. of Williamsburg.* 5. Philip Owen.
ix. Joseph Nye, of Burlington, Vt., b. 2 Jan. 1793; d. s. p.
X. Elizabeth, b. 27 Feb. 1796; d. 1 Mar. 1796.
xi. Nathaniel, b. 12 Mar. 1799; d. at Durham 22 July 1880; m. (1)
Isabella M. Gross; m. (2) in Dec. 1858 Sarah E. Merrill.
Children by first wife: 1. Delia Ann. ^ 2. Joseph. 3. Nathaniel.
4. Mary Eliza. 5. Orville. From his private records, made in
1831, has been taken much of the information here given.
CONNECTICUT CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
Copied by Joel Nelson Eno, A. M., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
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LEBANON
Old Cemetery (concluded)
Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs. Mary Sprague ye Wife of Mr. John Sprague junr
& Daughter to Mr. Jonathan Badcock of Windham who dyed March
ye 10th 1721.
Here lyes in gravened ye name of Mrs. Prudence Sprague wife of Mr.
Beniamin Sprague, who died in Stonington. Formerly wife to Mr.
Joseph Denison & Daughter to Mr. Joseph Minor Liveing in Stonington
& Departed this Life May 18, 1726 Aged 38 years.
In Memory of Mr. David Starkweather Who Died Septr 5th 1794 in ye
23d y^ar of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Daughter of Mr. Nathan Starkweather & Darkess
his wife. She Died Janr 7th 1784 in ye 32d Year of her Age.
In memory of Dea. Daniel Strong who died July 5, 1826 aged 74 years.
Jerusha relict of Dea. Daniel Strong Died Jan. 16, 1833 Aged 64.
The Grave of Mr. Thomas B. Sweet son to Dr. Benoni & Mrs. Sarah Sweet
who died April 27th 1813 in the 19th year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Deborah Terry the wife of Mr. Ephraim Terry
. . . died Augt 8th, 1759 in the 52d year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Deacon Ephraim Terry . . . died . . . Decemr ye
7th 1760 in the 90th year of his age.
In Memory of Ephraim Son to Mr. Dan Terry & Rachel his wife. He died
Deer 4th 1774 in ye 2d year of his Age.
In Memory of Mr. Ephraim Terry who Departed this Life Augst 24, 1797
in ye 24th year of his Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Hannah Terry Daughter to Deac. Ephr. & Mrs. Hannah
Terry. She Died Sept. jq 17, 1768 Aged 71 years.
* John Frederic Dunning lived for a while at Williamsburg, Piscataquis Co., Me., whither his
father had moved, but on 3 May 1853 he left Williamsburg for Boston, Mass. There he followed
the occupation of a master carpenter, first on Harrison Avenue and afterwards on Tremont Street.
He left Boston for the front on 17 Apr. 1861, being a lieutenant in Co. K., Sixth Massachusetts
Regiment. At the expiration of his term of service he returned to Boston, recruited the Everett
Guards, who formed Co. D, Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteers, and as captain of this
company started again for the seat of war on 8 Oct. 1861. In the Battle of Gaines's Mill, 27 June
1862, he fell pierced with two balls, one through the head and the other through the breast. He
was elected a resident member of the Nev England Historic Genealogical Society on 5 May
1858, and was the second member of the Society who lost his life and the first member who fell in
battle in the struggle for the preservation of the Union. Cf. Register, vol. 17, p. 182, and Me-
morial Biographies of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, vol. 5, pp. 58-59.
1920] Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 109
In Memory of Mindwell Terry wife to Mr. Ephraim Terry who Died March
27th 1782 in ye 79th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Roswell Terry son of Mr. Dan & Mrs. Rachel Terry who
died Octr 20th 1795 in ye 27th Year of his Age.
In Memory of Apame Thomas wife of Doct. James Thomas; Daughter of
Joseph Blackleach, Esq. of Stratford, who died Nov. 20th 1771 in ye
28 year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Hannah Thomas reHct of Doct. James Thomas
who died June 28th, 1807, aged 57.
Sacred to the memory of Doct. James Thomas who died June 22. 1794 aged 57.
In memory of Betty Daughter of Mrs. Zerviah Throop who died Deer 8th
1771 aged 4 months.
In memory of Betty daughter of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Zerviah Throop who
died April 15th 1774 Aged 16 months.
In memory of Ebenezer son to Mr. Benjamin & Mrs. Rachel Throop Died
April 23, 1776 Aged 3 months.
Here Lyes ye Body of Elisabeth Daughter to Leut. Dan Throop & Rachel
his Wife. She died Octr. 8th 1776 in ye 2d year of her Age.
In memory of Hannah Daughter to Leut. Dan Throop & Mrs. Rachel his
Wife. She Died Deer 15th 1775 in ye 3d 3^ear of her age.
In Memory of Horatio Son to Mr. Joseph Throop & Zerviah his wife Died
June 21, 1791 Aged 15 months.
In memory of John Son of Mr. Dan Throop Junr & Mrs. Rachel his wife
who died Feby 8, 1770 in ye 5th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Joseph Throop who died April 12, 1836 In the 88th year
of his age.
Beneath this Monument lies Sarah Throop amiable Consort of Capt. Da.
Throop Died Nov. 3, 1791 ^tat. 73.
Mrs. Zerviah Throop wife of Mr. Joseph Throop died August 3, 1829 Aged
82 years.
Here lies ye Body of Benjamin son of Capt. Dan Throope & Mrs. Susanna
his wife who died April ye 5th A. D. 1750 in the 5th year of his age.
Here lies interred the Remains of Chloe & Issabella twin daughters of the
Revd Mr. Benja Throope of New Concord in Norwich & Sibyl his wife.
The first died December the 25th 1736 Aged 3 months. The other died
October 25th 1737 after about 12 months continuance in life.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. Dan Throope Who . . . Departed this Life . . .
December 9 1737 In ye 67th Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Deborah Throope Consort of Mr. Dan Throope who
died . . . June the 8th 1752 in the 70th Year of her age.
Here Hes the Body of Mr. Macy Throope who died [?] April 21, 1756 in the
30th year of his age.
Here lies Interr'd the Remains of Martha ye wife of WiUiam Throope Esq.
who Died Febry ye 13th 1736 in ye 63d Year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Samuel Throope who . . . Died [?] October the
20th A. D. 1753 aged 29 years.
Here hes the Body of Mrs. Susannah Throope wife of Capt. Dan Throope
who died Novr ye 20th 1754 in the 38th year of her age.
These to the Memory of William Throope, Esq. who . . . Departed this
Life on Febry ye 3d A. D. 1737 in Ye 59th year of his age.
Here lies the Body of . . . John [?] Tickner the husband of Mary Tickner
[illegible] 17 A. D. 1751 in ye 52 year of his age.
Here lies the Body of David son of Mr. John & Mrs. Mary Ticknor who
died July ye 27th 1751 in the 7 month of his age.
. . . Mrs. Ruth Ticknor wife of Mr. Elisha Ticknor who died June 21st
1771 in the 36th year of her age.
110 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [April
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Tiffany . . . who departed this Life
in January ye 14th 1751-2 aged 47 years.
In memory of Mr. Isaiah Tiffany who died March 3, 1806 M. 83.
Also of Mrs. Anna his wife who died April 24, 1823 ^. 92.
Chloe Tilden died Aug. 26, 1856 aged 70.
In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Tilden who died March 24, 1823 aged 65 years.*
Miss Ehzabeth Tilden 2d Died Sept. 1, 1845 Aged 52.
Elizabeth wife of Ebenezer Tilden died Aug. 9, 1860 JE. 95 y'rs & 6 mo's.
In memory of Mr. Joseph Tilden who . . . Departed this life . . . March
ye 13th 1773 in ye 52d year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Tilden mfe of Mr. Joseph Tilden. She
. . . died . . . March ye 10th 1773 in ye 53d Year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Salinda wife of Augustus Tilden who died Oct. 16, 1826
aged 24 years.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Stephen Tilden . . . who Died October 5th
1727 in the 63 year of his age.
Mr. Stephen Tilden died Novr 27, 1770 ann ^tat. 81.
Here lieth interred the Body of Mrs. Abigail Tisdale ye late wife of Mr.
James Tisdale of Lebanon & Daughter to Mr. John Colman of Nan-
tucket who died ye 18 of November 1726 & 45 year of har age . . .
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Abigail Tisdale wife of ELkanah Tisdale,
Esqr who died Feb. 20, A. D. 1825 aged 83 years.
Sacred to the memory of Capt. Ehjah Tisdale . . . died the 19th day of
November A. D. 1795 aged 73 years and 10 months. He was born at
Taunton.
Mrs. Eunice Tisdale . . . wife to Capt. Elijah Tisdale died the 22d
day of September A. D. 1795 aged 73 years.
In memory of Eliphalet Tisdale, who Died March ye 1st 1795 in ye 51st
year of his Age.*
Sacred to the memory of Elkanah Tisdale, Esqr who died 28th of April
1809 aged 64 years.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. James Tisdale of Lebanon, the Husband of Mrs.
Mindwell Tisdale, He died May 3, 1727. Aged 48 Years ...
Reader, as thou passest, drop a tear to the memory of the once eminent
Academic Instructor, Nathan Tisdale, a lover of Science. He marked
the road to useful knowledge. A friend to his country, he inspired the
flame of Patriotism. Having devoted his whole life from the 18^^ year
of his age, to the duties of his profession, which he followed with dis-
tinguished usefulness to Society, he died Jan'y 5*^ 1787, in the 56 year
of his age.
In Memory of WUliam son of Mr. Elkanah Tisdale And Mrs. Abigail His
Wife born the 8th of August A. D. 1774 Died the 4th of March 1776.
Here Lies ye Body of Elkanah Son of Mr. Elkanah & Mrs. Abigail Tisdeal
of Taunton Who Dyed March ye 10 1731 Aged 10 Years . . .
In memory of Miss Clarissa Torrey Daughter of Mr. William Torrey &
Mrs. Mary his wife, who departed this life Feb. 25th 1797 in the 21st
year of her age.
In Memory of Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Wm. Torrey who died Sept. 30,
1825 aged 78.
In Memory of Olive, Daughter to Mr. William Torrey, Junr & Mrs. Mary
his wife; she Died Jan. 1777 in her 4th year.
In Memory of Simon, Son to Mr. WiHiam Torrey & Mary his wife; he Died
Augst 19th, 1783 Aged 17 Months.
In Memory of Mr. William Torrey who Died at ye Hispaniola in ye West-
indias Oct. 11, 1783 in ye 37th year of his Age.
*A metal marker at the grave reads: "A Patriot's grave 1775-1783."
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Inscribed to the memory of Mr. William Torrey who died June 3d, 1805.
Aged 26 years & 24 days.
Here lies the body of Capt. Joseph Trumble one of the Fathers of ye town
and just Friend to it, of a compassionate kind disposition who after a
short illness departed this life in the hope of a better June 16. 1755 in the
77th year of his age
Here are deposited the remains of Mrs. Hannah Trumbull, late wife
of Capt. Joseph Trumbull, Daughter of John Higley of Simsbury
Esqur. who came from Frimley in ye County of Surrey by Mrs.
Hannah Drake his first wife. She was born at Windsor 22^ April
1683, Died at Lebanon S^h Nov. 1768, aged 85 years. 6 mo. & 15
days.
In memory of David Trumbull who died Jan. 17, 1822 aged 71.
Mrs. Sarah Trumbull his wife died June 21, 1846 aged 85.
Sarah T. Wilhams their daughter died Oct. 3, 1839 aged 60.
Wm. T. Wilhams, her husband died Dec. 16, 1839 aged 60.
Wm. T. W. Lanman their adopted son died Dec. 7, 1823 aged 10.
In Memory of Jonathan Son of Mr. Jonathan & Mrs. Eunice TrumbuU
Born Deer 24, 1767 died 13 Janry following.
[Marble Monument on the Trumbull Tomb]
Sacred to the memory of Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., who, unaided by birth
or powerful connections, but blessed with a noble and virtuous mind,
arrived to the highest station in government. His patriotism and
firmness during 50 years employment in public life, and particularly
in the very important part he acted in the American Revolution, as
Governor of Connecticut, the faithful page of History will record. Full
of years and honors, rich in benevolence, and firm in the faith and hopes
of Christianity, he died Aug. 9th, 1785, ^tatis 75.
Sacred to the memory of Madam Faith Trumbull, the amiable
lady of Gov. Trumbull, born at Duxbury, Mass., A.D. 1718. Happy
and beloved in her connubial state, she lived a virtuous, charitable
and Christian life at Lebanon in Connecticut, And died lamented
by numerous friends, A.D. 1780, aged 62 years.
Sacred to the memory of Joseph Trumbull, eldest son of Gov. Trum-
bull, and first Commissary Genl. of the United States of America.
A service to whose perpetual cares and fatigues he fell a sacrifice,
A.D. 1778, .Et. 42.
To the memory of Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., late Governor of the
State of Connecticut. He was born March 26*^, 1740, and died
August 7^^, 1809, aged 69 years. His remains were deposited with
those of his father.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. John Tuttle son of Mr. Daniel Tuttle & Sarah his
, wife . . . who died Febry 17, 1756 in ye 20 first year.
Here Lies Inter'd the Body of Mr. John Vaughan the . . . Consort of Mrs.
Mary Vaughan. He departed this life Augt ye 31st 1756 in ye 82d
year of his age.
In memory of Eliza Daughter of Capt. Denison & Mrs. Elizabeth Wattles
Died April 21st A. D. 1810 aged 17 years.
In memory of Elizabeth late consort of Capt. Denison Wattles & youngest
Daughter of the late Mr. John & EHzabeth Alden. She died Feb'y
nth A. D. 1797 aged 34 years.
In Memory of Mr. George Webster . . . who died October the 30 1740 in
the 23 year of his Age.
Here lies Interred the Body of Capt. John Webster senr . . . Died Novr
the 2d 1736 Aged 63 years.
112 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [April
Here lies interred the Body of Capt. Joseph* Webster Sen'r who was the loving
Consort of Mrs. Elisabeth Webster deceased, his first wife & of Mrs.
Grace Webster his 2d, who survived him: he died Novemb the 2d
1736 aged 63 years.
The Body of Mr. Pelatiah Webster lies Buried here. He married Mrs.
Joanna Smith by her had Eight Children . . . Born 17th Novr 1702
Died 15th Feb. 1756.
Mr. Elnathan C. Wells Son of Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Phebe Wells Died Sept.
19, 1828 In the 29th year of his age.
Mrs. Phebe WeUs relict of Mr. Thomas WeUs Died Nov. 25, 1830 In the
72nd year of her age.
In Memory of Capt. Jonth White of Lebanon who departed this Life March
2d A D. 1788 in the 86th Year of his Age.
Here Lies the Remains of Mrs. Alice Williams . . . Consort of Doct. John
Williams Who Departed this Life ... Oct 22d A. D. 1740 in the 29th
Year of her Age.
In memory of two Children of Mr. Nathaniel & Mrs. Lois WilHams. Bariah
died May 4 1788 in the 2d year of his age. Benjamin died Feby 5th
1788 Aged 5 years.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. George WUliams who departed this life Augst
5th A. D. 1814 in the 80th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. George Williams who died Sept. 6, 1826 Aged 48 years.
Died June 5, 1824 Harriet Cornelia Williams only daughter of Henry &
Harriet Williams M. 6 years.
In Memory of Lois Daughter to Mr. Natha'll Williams & Lois his wife who
Died May 20th 1789 Aged 7 weeks & 3 days.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Nathaniel Williams who departed this life
Febry 5th A. D. 1814 in the 72nd year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Park Williams, who . . . deceased October 31st
1757 In ye 81st year of his age.
In Memory of Mrs. Priscilla WUliams Dautr to Mr. Samuel Williams &
Deborah his wife She Died April 19th, 1790 in ye 64th year of her Age.
In Memory of Mrs. Priscilla Williams . . . Consort of Mr. Park Williams
who Departed this Life [illegible].
Here lies the Body of Mr. Samuel Williams Junr . . . died . . . Aug. 21
1768 in ye 22d year of his age.
Here Lyes interred the Earthly Remains of Mr. Samuel Williams . . .
fell asleep in Jesus on the 30th of Sept. 1775.
[Sarah T. Williams, see inscription to David Trumbull.]
Here lies the body of Mr. Solomon Williams son of the Revd Solomon &
Mrs. Mary Williams [illegible] ye 24 1743 in ye 19th year of his age.
This stonef covers the remains of that eminent Servant of God, the Rev<i
Solomon Williams, D.D. late Pastor at Lebanon. Adorned with un-
common gifts of nature, learning, & Grace, he shone bright as the Gentle-
man, Scholar, Christian & divine, conspicuous for wisdom, warm in
devotion, bold in the cause of Christ, excelling as a preacher, most
agreeable in conversation, clear & Judicious in counsel, an ardent lover
of peace & the rights of mankind, firm in friendship, Singularly
hospitable & in all relations exemplary; having faithfully serv'd the
interest of Christ, of Religeon & Learning at his Masters call, he
calmly fell asleep in Jesus Feb, 28^1^ 1776 in the 7Q^^ year of his age & 54
of his ministry. . .
On the east side of this table passing one grave lies the body of Mrs.
Mary Williams, widow of Doct. Williams, with him she lived 53
*Sic, ? John. This inscription and the one immediately preceding it are in memory of one
man, Capt. John Webster, Sr.
tA table of sandstone, supported horizontally above the grave.
1920] Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 113
years in the conjugal relation ... & fell asleep ... on the 30th
Sept. 1787 in the 84th year of her age.
Hie Jacet Thomas Williams . . . Natus 12th Nov. 0. S. 1735: Obit 11th
Feb. 1819.
Here Lies ye Body of William Son to Mr. Nathaniel Williams & Lois his
wife he died Octbr 15th 1775 Aged 10 months.
The remains of the Hono. William Williams are deposited in this Tomb:
born April 8^^, 1731, died Aug. 2d, 1811, in the 818* year of his age, a
man eminent for his virtues and piety, — for more than 50 years he was
constantly employed in Public Life, and served in many of the most
important offices in the gift of his fellow citizens. During the whole
period of the Revolutionary war, he was a firm, steady, and ardent friend
of his country, and in the darkest times risked his life and wealth in her
defence. In 1776 and 1777 he was a member of the American Congress,
and as such signed the Declaration of Independence.*
Solomon Williams, Esq. his son by Mary Trumbull his wife died of
the fever in the City of N. York Oct. 10, 1810 in the 38 year of his age.
[Wm. T. Williams, see inscription to David Trumbull.]
Here Lies the Body of Mr. John Woodward Who Died October 5 1724 In
ye Seventy Seventh Year of his Age.
Addendum to Inscriptions in the Old Cemetery
[In the Register, vol. 12, pages 55-63 (January 1858), there was pubUshed an
article on the Old Cemetery at Lebanon, Conn., in which about thirty of the more
notable inscriptions in the cemetery were printed, in some cases with biographical
or genealogical notes. The following inscriptions have been copied from that
article. They are not given in Mr. Eno's copy, probably because they have dis-
appeared in the interval of more than sixty years since 1858. — Editor.]
Here lies ye body of that most Ingenous & worthy Gentleman Mr. Isaac
Bayley y® husband of Mrs Mercy Bayley. He was a Member of ye
Vnivercity in Cambrid in New England & Slept in Jesus August 23 A.
Domin 1711 in ye 30 year of his age
In memory of Mrs. Mary Huntington the wife of Lieutenant Samuel Hunting-
ton who died Oct. 5 1743 in the 77^^ year of her age
Here lyes ye Body of Lieut Samuel Huntington Gentleman who died May ye
19 1717 in ye 52 year of his age
Here Lieth the Body of Mr. Abel Janes ye Husband of Mrs. Mary Janes,
who Died December ye 18 1718 in ye 73 year of his age
Leet Heavens Blessings rest upon
ye Derling of my youthful dayes
& also one my children yong
To keep them all in wisdom^ wais
Here lyes ye Body of y* worthy virtuous & pious Mother in Israel wife to
Mr. Abel Janes Mrs Mary Janes by Name when she had Lieved Long a
holy and Patient Life Dyed April 24 1735 in ye 80 year of Har age
Farewell my Loving Children . . .
Here lies the body of Mr. Jonathan Metcalf a virtuous, charitable & generous
Merchant and Benefactor to the Church & First Society in Lebanon,
who having been long and Sohcitously Trading for the pearl of great
price exchanging [sic] this life in the hope of a better & enduring Sub-
stance March ye 5, 1738 in the 65 year of his age.
[In a few of the inscriptions from this cemetery, as printed in the Register of
January 1920 {vide supra, pp. 53-67), corrections have been found necessary, and
they are therefore reprinted, with corrections, on the following page. — Editor.]
*This inscription is on a marble slab standing in front of the Trumbull tomb.
114 Descendants of John Devereux [April
To the memory of Col. James Clark who died on the 29*^1 day of Dec.
1826 aged 96 years and 5 mos. He was a Soldier of the Revolution, and
dared to lead where any dared to follow. The Battles of Bunker's Hill,
Harlem Heights and White Plains, witnessed his personal bravery, &
his devotion to the cause of his Country. He here in death rests from
his labours, For ^ 'there [is] no discharge in that war."
Rev. Zebulon Ely Died Nov. 28, 1824, in the 66 year of his age and the 43 of
his ministry. He was born in Lyme; Grad. at Yale College; and on
Nov. 13, 1782, ordained Pastor of the first church in Lebanon.
In hoc Sepulchro depositae Sunt Reliquiae Viri vere Reverendi D. Jacobi
Fitch; natus fuit apud Boking, in Comitatu Essexiae, in Anglia, Anno
Domini 1622, Decern. 24. Qui post quam Linguis literatis optime
instinctus fuisset, in Nov Angliam venit iEtate 16 ; et deinde Vitam degit,
Hartfordiae, per septennium. Sub Instructione Virorum celeberrimorum
D. Hooker & D. Stone. Postea Munere pastorali functus est apud
Saybrook per Annos 14. Illinc cum Ecclesiae majori Parte Norvicum
migravit; et ibi caeteros Vitae Annos transegit in Opere Evangelico.
In Senectute, vero prae corporis infirmitate necessarie cessabit ab opere
publico; tandemque recessit Liberis, apud Lebanon; ubi Semianno fere
exacto obdormivit in Jesu, Anno 1702, Novembris 18, ^tat 80.
This monument is erected in Memory of Capt. Walter Hyde who was of
approved integritj^, a useful member of Society, a kind husband, an affec-
tionate parent, a lover of his country & a firm Supporter of the rights of
Mankind. Exempt from Military duty by former command, he nobly
stept forth, raised and took the command of an Independent Company
& with them proceeded to the neighbourhood of N. York A. D. 1776 in
defence of the invaded rights of the United American States when he
died at Greenwich on the 18*^ day of Sept. 1776 aged 41 years & was there
buried & his grave undistinguishable from those of many other strangers.
His death was greatly lamented by all to whom he was known.
In memory of Mr. Nathaniel Little an happy and Successful Physician &
SurgeonwhodepartedthislifeApril5, 1753inthe39yearof hisage . . .*
[Mrs. Jerusha Mory (vide supra, p. 64) died ''April the 24^^ 1736 & in the 26
year of her age."]
[To be continued.]
JOHN DEVEREUX OF MARBLEHEAD, MASS.,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS
By Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti of San Rafael, Cal.
This article does not claim to be a record of all the descendants of
John Devereux of Salem^and Marblehead,t or even of all of those
who still bear the Devereux name. Many gaps in the family history
could not be filled, as connecting links were missing in public records
and private records were not always available. It is hoped that
descendants of John Devereux who do not find their names in the
following pages will communicate with the compiler of this genealogy.
•According to Register, vol. 12, p. 57, Nathaniel Little's daughter Faith, who died Oct. 27,
1753, aged 8 months, lies buried on his left.
t All places mentioned in this article are situated within the present limits of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, unless another State or region is indicated in the text or may be easily
inferred from the context.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 115
1. JoHN^ Devereux, of Salem and Marblehead, farmer, was
born probably about 1615,* came to New England about 1630, per-
haps in the fleet with Winthrop, and died between 24 Dec. 1694,
when he deposed in court, and 20 May 1695, when his will was
proved. He married Ann , born about 1620, who survived
him and died at Marblehead 26 Apr. 1708, in her 88th year.f
John Devereux of Marblehead, aged about 80 years, deposed on
24 Dec. 1694 ^'yt about ye yeare of Our Lord One thousand and six
hundred and thirty I came over from old England to New England,
& ye place of my abode and residence has since been Salem & Marble-
head.'^ (Essex Court Files.) The first grant of land to him was in
Salem, in 1636. In 1637 a half acre was granted to him for a dwelling
house. He was at Marblehead in 1637. He first rented and finally
purchased, in 1659, the land in Marblehead which had belonged to
Rev. Hugh Peters and which was afterwards known as the "Devereux
farm." The old house there is commemorated by Longfellow in
his poem called ''Driftwood.'' After John Devereux's death this
farm was claimed by Ehzabeth Barker of Deptford, England, daugh-
ter and heir of Rev. Hugh Peters, as is set forth below in the records
relating to the estate of John Devereux; and Robert Devereux, son
of John, was at last compelled to buy again, for £350 sterling, the
land for which his father had already paid. John Devereux's name
appears from time to time in the records and files of the courts of
Essex County, Mass., sometimes as a witness and sometimes as
plaintiff or defendant in cases coming before these courts. J He
was admitted as freeman 16 May 1683.
The will of John Devereux, omitting the customary religious
phrases and certain legal expressions, is as follows :§
"In the Name of God Amen the fourth day of September in ye yeare of
our lord 1693 ... I John Devereux of marblehead in the County
of Essex in New england Yeoman . . . Doe make . . . And Declare,
this my last Will and testament ... I give and bequeath unto my Sonn
Robert Devereux two thirdes of all my land within the Stonnwall now lying
in Marblehead being three hundred Acres more or less with my now dwelling
house and Barne, only I giv unto my Son RobeFts Son Joseph twenty Acres
of land within y* Stonn wall which is out of the two thirds of my Son Roberts
land before mentioned which land lying next to marblehead comon Jyning
to my land without the Stonn wall, when he shall be: 21 yeares of age, to
them and there heires (All the land abovementioned) in way of intale
fforever and ever. And to remaine in the family and name of the Devereuxes
from generation to generation in way of intale fforever and ever Item I
give and bequeath unto the three sonns of my Sonn Humphry Devereux
deceasd that is to say John Humphry and Ralph Devereux one third part of
my land; and meddow that is now before my, now, dwelling hous, within the
*See deposition of 1694, given below. His age is given also as 45 in 1666 and as 55 in 1672;
and at the March Term, 1669, and the November Term, 1670, he deposed, aged 50 years (Vital
Records of Marblehead, vol. 3, p, 34). It seems, therefore, impossible to determine the exact
year of his birth from the records thus far discovered.
t She deposed in June 1664, aged about 43 years, in Sept. 1666, aged 46 years, and in June
1667, aged about 46 years. (Vital Records of Marblehead, vol. 3, p. 34.)
X See Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, from 1636
on, passim, published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
§ John Devereux's will and the other records given below relating to his estate have been
copied from Essex Probate Files, 7614.
VOL. Lxxrv. 8
116 Descendants of John Devereux [April
Stonn wall, my grandsonn John Devereux to have one halfe of the third and
the other halfe to Humphry and Ralph to be equally devided betweene
them, two, when they or eyther of them come to ye age of one and twenty
yeares or to y® longer liver of them But if any of them before they come to
age, and in want of an heire male in them or any of them dye before, then
to the next male heire of my familye to be houlden and continue and remaine
in the family and name of the Devereuxes from generation to generation in
way of intale forever and ever And it is my will that Elizabeth Devereux
mother to these three Sonns Jhon Humphry and Ralph that She Shall have
nothing to doe with the housing or lands to come upon it to dwell with them
or eyther of them at any time or times whatsoever Item I give unto my
Son Humphryes two daughter Elizabeth and Ann five pounds apeec After
mine and my wives decease: Item I give unto my Son John deceasd, his
three daughters Sarah Susanah and Ann fourty pounds in monyes to each of
them after my decease and my wives, or twelve Acres of land to each of
them without the Stonn Wall, And it is my will that my executrix and
executor shall have ye disposing this land untill they ar of age Item I
give unto my daughter Hannah Swett twenty pounds in currant pay to her
and her chUdren that She had by Knott After mine and my wives deceas
Item I giv unto my daughter Ann Nichalls twenty pounds in currant pay to
her and her children After mine and my wives decease I give unto my
Grandchnde John Boason, the house his mother now lives in and ye land
halfe an Acre be it more or less beloinging to ye sd house in marblehead
together with one cowes common in sd Towne after his mothers decease, and
his mother to hold it dureing her naturall life, and then to him and his heires
forever I give unto my daughter Bethia twenty pounds in currant pay
to her and her chyldren I give unto my daughter Bethia Bartlet the land
that her house stands upon and that part of the house which belongs to me,
with the garden and land to her and her chyldren for ever I give unto
my daughter Em Peach sixtty pound in monyes or twentie Acres of land
Without the Stonn waU to her and her children. After mine and my wives
decease Item I give unto my deare and loveing wife Ann Devereux all
my lands housin or houses during her naturall life and then to my children
as in my will exprest After her decease Lastly I Apoynte . . . my
deare and loveing wife Ann Devereux executrix And my Sonn Robert Dev-
ereux executor. And whatsoever, I have not in this my last wiU And Testa-
ment disposed of my Estate, I give to her my executrix. All my househould
goods which in my dwelling house and all my cattle sheep horses or horse
Kinde whatsoever that is mine to be at her dispose; Alsoe I leave all my
land that is without the Stone wall in marblehead And all my land that is at
Dunstable to pay debpts and Legasyes as in this my will is expresed: This
being now my last Will and testament given under my hand ad Scale
''Sighned Seald in ye presence of us
of John
Signum The mark x Devereux
John X Waldren: Senr: Senr (seal)
Robart Bartlett Sener
. Jn°Blany: Sen^:
Jn° Blany Jun^:
"And it is my will that my Execu-
trix or Executor Shall have the desposing of all the estate of lands that I
have gave unto my Sonn Humphrye Devereux his three Sonns untill they or
eyther of them shall bee at ye Age of twenty one yeares
"Jn°. Waldron Senr
Jn°. Blany Sen^
Jn°. Blany Jun^ Jurati May. 20. 95 before Coll°. Gedney.
"proved approved & allowed."
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 117
As has been stated above, the Devereux farm, which John Dever-
eux had lawfully purchased, as he believed, in 1659, was claimed after
his death by Elizabeth Barker of Deptford, England, daughter and
heir of Rev. Hugh Peters, and the recognition of this claim by Robert
Devereux and his mother led to the drawing up of the following
petitions, which are undated, but must have been presented not
later then 30 Mar. 1704.
"Petition of Anne Devorix of Marblehead widow of John Devorix late of
Marblehead and of Robert Devorix only surviving son of sd. John Devorix
to the Hon. John Appleton, Esq., Judge of Probate; sheweth that whereas
ye said John Devorix was possessed of a considerable Farm being ye principle
part of ye estate left by said deceased, which farm was formerly purchased
by ye deceased of Charles Gott as agent to Hugh Peters, deceased, who
pretended to have full power to sell ye same but on the contrary it appearing
that his authority for selling was not sufficient in ye least degree and Elizabeth
Barker alias Peters sending ample atturniship fully impowering her atturneys
to sell her father's lands which were lawfully descended to her, as only
daughter to sd. Hugh Peters & whereas your petitioners took ye best advice
that we could of such as were skilled in ye law, who having perused ye papers
and original grant to Mr. Hugh Peters informed us that his heir would cer-
tainly recover it, whereupon I ye sd Robert Devorix was forced to purchase
sd. farm again whereby ye chief part of sd. Estate left as aforesaid is gone
from ye surviving children wherefore pray that one of your petitioners, viz.
Robert Devorix might have power of administration granted him that so an
inventory may be taken and what further may be needful done as near as
may be to the will.
''Signed Ann (her A mark) Devereux
Robart Devoreux"
"Robert Devorix upon consideration that the greater part of his father's
estate hath been taken away by the heir of Mr. Hugh Peters who was prior
possessor of that part taken, whereby it is impossible to fully discharge the
legacies in the will renounces his executorship of said will and prays for the
court's consideration of the within petition. Witness: George Locker,
Daniel Rogers."
The Court, having considered these petitions, appointed Robert
"Devorix" of Marblehead as administrator cum testamento annexo
of the estate of his father, Mr. John "'Devorix," late of Marblehead,
and he gave a bond, dated 30 Mar. 1704, for £500, Jeremiah Neale and
Joseph Neale, both of Salem, being sureties. He was directed to
bring in an inventory of the estate at or before the first Monday of
December, 1704, and to render an account of his administration at
or before the first Monday of July, 1705.
A statement filed by him on 26 July 1708, after his mother's death,
reads as follows :
"An accost of y^ Estate of John Deuourex Late of Marblehead deed Is as
f olloweth Viz* —
"Imp^: to his farme in Marblehead w^h he bought of M^ Charles Gott a
pretended agent to M"* Hugh Petters & in Some considerable tyme after his
decease the heires of the Said M^ Hugh Petters Came to my mother M^s
Ann Deuourex & demanded possesion of y^ aboues^ farme Upon which
demand my Said Mother aduised with all y^ rest of her Children then Liueing
& with many other freinds whether she had better contest with y® Said
Petters heirs or deliuer them possesion who gaue her theire aduise that she
118 Descendants of John Devereux [April
should by noe means Contest the same with them at Law Soe my Hon-
nored Mother Considering her own Unabihty & the aduise giuen her, Saw
Cause to Lett the s^ heires of M^ Hugh Fetters take possesion
''2diy To a Considerable Quantity of Land at Dunstable being all vacant
And my Honnored Mother not being dead aboue three months who had the
whole disposall & Improuement of it dureing her Life as may apeare by my
fathers will & the Said Land Lying out of this County & a frontteere towne
aganst the Enemy I am not Capeable at present to make any Just Valluation
of it
<^3diy To a Small house & Land Giuen in Said will with one Cowes Comon
to John Bossen wet was left in possesion with Said Bossens mother who was
to haue it Dureing her Natural! Life as S^ will appeares & as I Conceiue I
haue noe other accost to gme of it
<'4thiy To a Small parcell of Land Giuen to Bethia Barttlett w^'^ her house
Stands Upon & part of a house as pJ" will appeares as I Conceiues needs no
prizall
''5thiy To my fathers personal! Estate It was wholy Giuen to my Mother
dureing her Life & at or before her death had full power to Dispose of it &
She haueing before her death disposed of it So I Conceiue that I as adminis-
strator Cum testamento armexo haue noe further to doe with it but to Giue
your Honnor an accost of It
''to seuerall debts deue from the Estate of said Deuerex yett unknowne.
Robart Deuereux
Admr.
''Left upon file pr. Adm^ July 26. 1708
attest Dan^ Rogers Reg^."
On 25 Mar. 1712 the land of Mr. John ''Deuerecks/' Sr., in Dun-
stable, was described as ''a therty acer grante where as part is laid
out and the remainder may be laid out at the sucksers desier/^ and
was appraised at £25. It appears from the Dunstable records that
John Devereux, Sr., was one of the proprietors of the town of Dun-
stable, and that he and his son John had each a lot of land there.
Children (in the order in which their names occur in their
father's will) :
2. i. ROBERT.2
ii. Humphrey, d. 31 Jan. 1689/90; m. Elizabeth — . In his wUl,
dated 31 Jan. 1689/90 and proved 24 June 1690, he mentions wife
Elizabeth and children Elizabeth,^ John, Ann, Humphrey, and
Ralph, the last-mentioned under fourteen years of age, and
appoints his wife executrix. The witnesses were John Woods,
John Devereux, and Joseph Devereux. The inventory of his
estate, taken by John Blaney, Sr., and Robert Bartlett and
returned 24 June 1690 by Elizabeth, widow and executrix,
amounted to £53. 17s. 4d.
3. iii. John.
iv. Hannah, m. (1) Peter Greenfield, b. in 1633; m. (2) Richard
Knott, surgeon, who d. in 1684; m. (3) at Marblehead, 8 May
1708, John Swett. Children, all by second husband and aU
bapt. at Marblehead: 1. Richard, bapt. 19 June 1687. 2. Hannah^
bapt. 19 June 1687. 3. Elizabeth, bapt. 18 Sept. 1687. 4.
Eleanor, b. in 1683; bapt. 19 June 1687; m. at Marblehead, 28
Apr. 1701, Thomas Martin, b. about 1675, d. before 22 Jan. 1759.t
*See Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, vol. 4, p. 238.
tHannah Martin, bapt. at Marblehead 8 July 1716, second child of Thomas and Eleanor
(Knott), m. at Marblehead, 29 Sept. 1719, Job Burnham; and their daughter, Sarah Burnham,
bapt. 24 Aug. 1740, m. John Kimball and had many descendants. Cf. History of the Kimball
Family.
.?.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 119
V. Ann, m. (1) Boasum; m. Nichols. Child by first
husband: 1. John, mentioned in the will of his grandfather, John
Devereux.
vi. Bethia, m. about 1680 John Bartlett. Children: 1. Bethia, b.
about 1681; m. at Marblehead, 15 Oct. 1700, Robert Martin 2.
Faithful, b. about 1683; d. 10 Jan. 1748/9, in his 66th year; m.
at Marblehead, 31 Oct. 1706, his first cousin, Ann' Devereux (3, iii),
q. v., dau. of John and Susannah (Hartshorn); four children
(vide infra, 3. iii). 3. William, b. about 1685; m. at Marblehead,
9 May 1709, Mary Andrews; had William, b. at Marblehead 26
Mar. 1710, bapt. there 26 Oct. 1712, and Mary, bapt. at Marble-
head 14 Dec. 1712.
vii. Emme, b. about 1657; d. at Marblehead 17, 4 mo. 1737, aged 80; m.
before 1680 William Peach of Marblehead, d. 10 June 1713, aged
63 years, 2 months, 8 days, s. of John, Jr., and Alice of Marble-
head. Children, all bapt. at Marblehead 19 June 1687, when
their mother was admitted to the church: 1. John, m. at Marble-
head, 30 Nov. 1700, Sarah Stacey of Salem, b. 17 Jan. 1683, dau.
of William and Priscilla. 2. Thomas, d. 9 Sept. 1731, aged 50;
m. at Marblehead, 14 Dec. 1704, Mary Coes. 3. William, d.
10 May 1735, aged 51 years, 7 months, 20 days; m. at Marble-
head, 4 Jan. 1710/11, Sarah Elkins of Lynn, who d. 13 Oct, 1752,
aged 65 years, 7 months, 13 days. 4. Hannah, m. (1) at Marble-
head, 9 Jan. 1710/11, John Calley, who was bur. 1 Mar. 1727/8;
m. (2) at Marblehead, 19 Feb. 1728/9, Samuel Waters.*
2. Robert^ Devereux (John^), of Marblehead, died before 22 Dec.
1740, when he was mentioned as deceased in a deed between
his son Humphrey and his other children. He married
Hannah Blaney of Lynn, born 11 Nov. 1667, 'daughter of
John, who was born in England in 1627, settled at Lynn in
1659, and married, 11 July 1660, Hannah King, daughter of
Daniel.
Robert Devereux retained possession of the Devereux farm,
which he had been obliged to purchase again from the heir of
Rev. Hugh Peters (vide supra), until 1 Apr. 1729, when, ''for
the amicable settlement of this estate," and in consideration
of security given to him by his sons for a payment of £80
annually to him and his wife during their lifetime, he conveyed
the land to his sons John, Robert, Humphrey, and Ralph, and
to his daughters Sarah, Emme, and Hannah.
Children:
i. Joseph,' mentioned in the will of his grandfather, John Derereux,
who gave him "twenty Acres of land within ye Stonn wall;'*
probably d. before 1 Apr. 1729, as he is not mentioned in the deed
of that date from his father, Robert Devereux, to the latter's
other children.
4. ii. John.
5. iii. Robert.
6. iv. Humphrey.
7. V. Ralph.
vi. Sarah, living 22 Dec. 1740; m. William Wallis, who d. before 17
Sept. 1725. Child: 1. Emma, bapt. at Marblehead 2 May 1731.
vii. Emme, m. at Marblehead, 8 Feb. 1713/14, William Davis. Chil-
dren, both bapt. at Marblehead 26 Nov. 1727: 1. Hannah. 2.
Joseph, who joined in a deed to his uncle, Humphrey Devereux
(6), 21 Dec. 1741, and signed his name "Joseph Davies."
viii. Hannah, m. at Marblehead, 9 May 1723, Stephen Chapman; both
•Cf. Registee, vol. 54, pp. 278-279.
120 Descendants of John Devereux [April
, were living 22 Dec. 1740. Children, bapt. at Marblehead: 1.
Hannah, bapt. 19 Nov. 1727; probably d. young. 2. Stephen,
bapt. 19 Nov. 1727; m. at Marblehead, 24 Nov. 1748, Sarah
Stacey. 3. John, bapt. 31 Dec. 1727; m. at Marblehead, 7 June
1750, Elizabeth Brown. 4. Hannah, bapt. 9 Aug. 1730. 5.
Daniel, bapt. 24 Sept. 1732. 6. Emma, bapt. 23 Feb. 1734/5;
m. at Marblehead, 18 Dec. 1766, Joseph Rhoads.
3. JoHN^ Devereux (John^) is mentioned as deceased in the will of
his father, dated 4 Sept. 1693. He married Susannah Harts-
horn, born at Reading 2 Mar. 1659/60, died at Watertown 5
May 1718, daughter of Thomas and Susannah of Reading.
She married secondly, at Marblehead, 10 Jan. 1694/5, Stephen
Parker of Andover. In the records of the First Church of
Marblehead is the entry: ''Susanna Devereux, a child of the
Church of Reading, was admitted to full Communion in this
Church, 2 Feb. 1689.'^
Children, mentioned in the will of their grandfather, John
Devereux:
i. Sarah,' m. about 1700 Joseph Abbott. Children, bapt. at Marble-
head: 1. Susanna, bapt. 10 Aug. 1701. 2. John, bapt. 31 Oct.
1703. 3. Sarah, bapt. 30 Mar. 1707. 4. Mary, bapt. 24 Apr.
1709. 5. Ann, bapt. 11 Feb. 1710/11. 6. Joseph, bapt. 15 May
1713. 7. Hannah, bapt. 24 Apr. 1715.
ii. Susannah, m. at Marblehead, 29 Oct. 1706, Jonas Dennis, and
was the executrix of his will in 1751. Children, bapt. at Marble-
head: 1. James, b. 7 Feb. 1708. 2. Susanna, bapt. 23 Apr. 1710.
3. Sarah, bapt. 11 May 1712. 4. Jonas, bapt. 26 Sept. 1714. 5.
Devereux, bapt. 30 June 1717; m. at Marblehead, 23 Aug. 1739,
Sarah Bowden. 6. John, bapt. 19 Apr. 1719. 7. Hannah, bapt.
9 Apr. 1721. 8. Elizabeth, bapt. 3 Mar. 1722/3.
iii. Ann, bapt. at Marblehead 24 Aug. 1690; m. at Marblehead, 31
Oct. 1706, her first cousin. Faithful Bartlett (1, vi, 2), b. about ,
1683, d. 10 Jan. 1748/9, in his 66th year, s. of John and Bethia '
(Devereux). Children: 1. Bethia (twin), b. at Marblehead 3
Sept. 170—; d. 21 June 1748 (sic, ? 1742), in her 35th year; m.
at Marblehead, 4 Oct. 1726, Robert Hooper. 2. Elizabeth (twin),
b. at Marblehead 3 Sept. 170 — ; m. at Marblehead, 4 Aug. 1725,
Henry Hooper. 3. Humphrey, b. at Marblehead 8 Jan. 1710; m.
at Beverly, 20 July 1731, Lydia Woodbury of Beverly. 4. Ann,
b. about 1713; m. at Marblehead, 20 Feb. 1733, George New-
march, b. at Marblehead 19 July 1709, s. of Joseph and Susanna
(Fowle).
[To be continued]
1920] A New England Temple of Honor 121
A NEW ENGLAND TEMPLE OF HONOR*
By Hon. James Phinney Baxter, A.M., Litt. D.,
President of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Members of the New England Historic Genealogical So-
ciety, Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have assembled to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of
our Society in this Pilgrim year, so fraught with precious memories
of an event the most important in the annals of New England save
the landing of Winthrop, and which will prove to be an acknowledged
inspiration to the world if we are able to live up to the ideals of our
forefathers; hence I may be pardoned for repeating the trite saying
that history is but the record of God's providence, as its repetition
cannot fail to be useful until it takes its place among the self-evident
truths of the human mind.
In the history of nations there is none in which this truth is more
apparent than in our own, since never before has there been a like
opportunity afforded to develop a form of government in which the
best aspirations of men could find free play. In the Old World
autocratic governments, devised for the aggrandizement of a privi-
leged class, have been instrumental in submerging many of their
best subjects, which checked their growth and impaired their stability.
When James Stuart succeeded Elizabeth Tudor in the royal govern-
ment of England, he brought with him ill-conceived theories of govern-
ment, which contributed largely toward precipitating the great revo-
lution in which his son was brought to the block and England made a
republic. Elizabeth had been autocratic enough, but she had been
wisely restrained by that greatest of English statesmen, William Cecil,
while her successor came under the influence of lesser men, who
played upon the weak points which he so conspicuously displayed.
His excursions into the fields of theological controversy, bringing him
into contact with sectarians of extreme views, stimulated his zeal to
enforce his own opinions, and, as dissent from the more rigid and
artificial forms of doctrine was increasing, he adopted the unwise
policy of expatriation, which resulted in the ever memorable landing
on Plymouth Rock, the Winthrop colony, and the founding of New
England.
Never in the history of any country has so remarkable a body
of men as the Pilgrims and the Puritans been so providentially
brought together to build a nation; for, whatever may be said to the
contrary, history makes evident the fact that the spirit of New
England is the true Americanism which is to-day the spirit of the
Nation, for it has been aptly said of these pioneers that God sifted the
best seed of Old England for planting New England.
In this hearing it hardly seems proper to eulogize these men; they
need no eulogy here. For some time, and especially during the
past year, there has been a persistent attempt to defame and belittle
*Address delivered in Ford Hall, Ashburton Place, Boston, 18 Mar. 1920, at the celebration of
the seventy-fifth anniversary of the incorporation of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society.
122 A New England Temple of Honor [April
the Pilgrim and the Puritan, who together rightly earned the title of
New England's Founders. Certainly their descendants do not desire
to exaggerate the virtues of their ancestors. They would, however,
shield them from misrepresentation.
That they wrought faithfully under hardships and privations to
lay the foundation of a great commonwealth we have the evidences
about us after nearly three centuries. If they sometimes made mis-
takes, their accomphshments cast their errors into the shade, and
these should not be dragged forth by carping critics to obscure their
virtues.
The institutions of learning, in which we class not only our schools,
our colleges, and churches, but our antiquarian, histori-cal, and genea-
logical societies, will see to the preservation of the true history of
the beginnings of our national history, and none other more faithfully
than this Society, whose founders had this single object in view — the
study and preservation of the memories of those whose spirit has
stamped itself ineffaceably upon the consciousness of New England.
The memory of these men, w^hose ideal was the creation of a com-
monwealth in which all men loyal to God and the brotherhood of man
should enjoy under His providence civil liberty and the exercise of
the rights of private conscience, is especially precious to this Society.
Three years ago, as you know, I advocated the erection of a memorial
building or Temple of Honor, to coromemorate them on this ter-
centenary of the landing at PljTHOuth. Several meetings were held to
discuss the subject, but the great World War broke upon us, and it
was found impossible to carry out the project at this time.
Though it is evident that a memorial building in honor of the
Fathers of New England cannot be erected for some time to come, it is
certain that it will be at a future day, and I am calUng the attention
of this Society to the subject on this, as it seems to me, most fitting
occasion, that it may be recorded and serve as a reminder of its
importance to those who w^ill succeed us.
This Society, I know, will of necessity lead in this great work, and
its accomplishment will be of incalculable importance to the people
of New England, and, reflectively, to the Nation, many of whose
ideals derived from the Fathers of New England have inspired it in
achieving its present position among the nations of the world. The
•men who in the early part of the seventeenth century landed on our
North American shores were men of vision, animated by a great
purpose, the founding of commonwealths, and their descendants,
inheriting the virtues of their fathers, blazed a path through the vast
wilderness which barred their way to the West, until they reached
the golden gates of the Pacific, and made it possible to exclaim:
"No pent-up Utica contracts our powers,
For the whole boundless continent is ours."
These men, with hearts throbbing with the blood of the Fathers
of New England, and inspired by their ideals, have given to the Nation
many of its noblest characteristics, which must be cherished and pre-
served if it is to lead as the exemplar of Liberty, Justice, and Brother-
hood among the nations of the world. But to accomplish this these
descendants of New England fathers must be united in the purpose
1920] A New England Temple of Honor 123
which three centuries ago animated the men in the Httle cabin of the
Mayflower, when they signed their names to that remarkable declara-
tion of principles which gave vitality to our national constitution.
We have reached a period when without the cooperation of the
millions who bear the blood of the Founders of New England our
high hopes for the future welfare of this country may fail of fruition.
The policy of this Society should be to encourage this union.
Let us reflect upon what has happened since the day when we
achieved our independence, and threw wide our gates with an all too
generous impulse of hospitality. Actuated by a laudable ambition to
better their condition, vast numbers of the people of all parts of the
world, who had been oppressed by too exacting laws, flocked to our
shores, many of them valuable additions to our population. Among
them, however, were many who, unfit to avail themselves of the bless-
ings of free government, have proved to be a menace to the Nation's
welfare. These advocates and supporters of theories attractive to
untrained minds, if not checked, may be the cause of a destructive
revolution. How can this be met successfully? The only answer is,
by instruction in the principles which actuated the men and women
who laid the foundations of these free commonwealths, whose prin-
ciples have been wrought into our national constitution, which
anarchists and their allies would destroy and substitute in its place a
thing of their own, in which License would take the place of Liberty,
Class Favoritism the place of Equahty, and the Nullification of
Property Rights the place of Justice. During the past few years we
have been receiving a larger percentage than ever before of unde-
sirable immigrants, and now that the war has closed, the nations
engaged in it will hold back their able men and burden us with the
diseased and feeble unless Congress puts up sufficient barriers against
them, which it is unlikely to do.
To the men whom dangerous theorists are daily making their dupes
the history of the Founders of our Nation is a closed book, and I
believe that the most effective way to deprive the dangerous advo-
cates of false theories of government of an audience is to instruct the
uninformed in the principles of those who created the early history of
our country. Our churches, our schools, all our philanthropic
agencies are doing good work in this field, but they cannot sufficiently
impress the uninstructed masses of our varied population. They
must be reached by readier means; and few will deny that a building
such as I have advocated would not only be a pious tribute to our
forefathers but a most effective method of instruction to the masses
who would throng its pictorial halls, which would visualize to them
not only those who devoted their lives to making here a refuge for the
oppressed of all lands, but the striking events of our history. Such a
temple would exert an educational influence upon the uninstructed of
incalculable worth.
Of course you will agree that such a structure should be of imposing
character, emphasizing the worthiest expression of strength, dignity,
and simplicity; that it should be built of material from New England
quarries, wrought by the hands of New England people, and adorned
by the skill of New England artists; and that upon its walls should be
124 Master Tate's Diary [April
pictorially recorded the chief events of New England history — the
landing at Plymouth, at Cape Ann, at Salem, at Boston, the genesis
of Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Maine.
In fact, this building should not only be a memorial of New England's
benefactors and a credit to its builders, but it should also be a monu-
ment to the skill and art of New England in the twentieth century.
I submit this to you, my friends, and to our successors, who in due
time, I have full faith, will carry out this plan with such modification
as they may deem wise.
THE DIARY OF MASTER JOSEPH TATE
OF SOMERSWORTH, N. H.
From a manuscript in the possession of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society
[Continued from page 50]
Memorandums of Sundry TmNGs.
Viz. Deaths, Marriages, Disasters &c.
Wo. Hannah Scates of Berwick Dy'd Mar 1769.
Saturday night Mar. 25. 1769 The Revd. Mr. Jonathan Cushion of Dover.
Dy'd.
David Varney's House at Tufton Town Burnt March ye 10th 1769
Wed. Mar. 15th. Collo. Jonathan Moulton of Hampton Falls House Burnt
Mar. 25th 1769. Ebenezer Husseys House Burnt a Doubtas Falls.
Mar. 25th 1769. Mr. Joseph Cutt's house of Kittery Burnt aut Spruce Creek.
Mar. 1769. The Widow Harford Mother of Nicholas Harford of Dover
Dy'd.
Tuesday April 4. 1769 Otes Varney of Somersworth Dy'd Suddenly.
Saturday April 7. 1769 Mr. James Kenny of Somersworth Dy'd.
Monday April 3. 1769. Mr. Thos. Goodwin of the Lower End of Berwick
Dy'd (Henry Goodwins Father.)
Saturday Night April 8. 1769 Mr. John Hodsdon of Berwick Dy'd. Suddenly.
Thursday April 13. 1769 Ezekiel Varney of Dover Dy'd Suddenly being Taken
Blind, Speechless and Deaf in his Shop.
Saturday April ye 29 1769 Silvanus Nock Dy'd.
Wednesday May 3rd 1769 Mr. Samuel Hussey of Somersworth Married to
Mercy Evans Daughter of Joseph Evans of Dover.
Tuesday May 16 1769 A Bloody Engagment fought between KouUcan &
ye Grand Seignior, aut Israel Pierce & Richd. Boyce ye Victory not
Decided.
Tuesday May 16 1769 A Deuel Between 2 Brothers Viz. Francis & Richd.
Yeaton.
Wednesday May 17th. 1769 A Combat between a Gaul & a Molatto Viz.
Thos. Noble & Richd. Boyce ye former Gaind ye Victory.
Friday May 19. 1769 Mrs. Charity Shorey wife of Mr. Jos. Shorey of Kit-
tery Dy'd Suddenly. She was Solomon Hoopers Daughter of Berwick.
1920] Master Tate's Diary 125
Sunday Morn about 7 o th Clock May 21. 1769. Capt. James Hobbs of
Somersworth Dy'd. Buried on Wednesday 24.
Tuesday Morn about 6 o the Clock May 30. 1769. Elisha Stacpole son
of Mr. Joshua Stacpole Junr. Dy'd. Buried on Wed. 31.
May 29th 1769 A Molatto fellow called Dick Boyce way Laid Israel Pierce,
Catched him by ye throat & would have killed him had he not been
prevented by Wm. Brock & others.
Sunday June ye 4th. 1769 Mr. Robert Archibald's wife of Berwick Dy'd.
Buried on Monday 5th.
Monday June ye 12. 1769 John Stevens Son of David & Sarah Stevens
Dy'd.
Sunday Morn June ye 18. 1769. Mr. Peter Key of Berwick Dy'd
Wednesday June ye 21st. 1769 Mr. Paul Wentworth of Somersworth Married
to Mrs. Mary Higgins of Berwick.
Wed. June ye 21st. 1769 Mr. Joseph Ricker's Joseph Split one of his thumbs
and one John Wh [w;orw] of Lebanon Broke his Leg, & one Eliz. Stillians
her arm out of Joint.
Saturday June ye 24. 1769 One Pat Murphy at Somersworth was up for
Stealing a Bag of Sugar from James Garvin Junior taken pr. [worn] Moses
Yea ton Sheriff. He was born in Ireland.
Monday June ye 26. 1769. Charles Grant Sat up for himself in ye Shop that
was his Masters. (Otes Varney of Somersworth Deed.)
Thur. June ye 29. 1769 Mr. Issachar Damm Married to Judith Nock.
November 22. 1769. Mr. Samuel Henderson Married to Mrs. Dorothy
Cromwel.
Friday June ye 30th. 1769. Mr. George Ricker of Somersworth Dy'd.
Monday June ye 26. 1769. Mrs. Downing Woodmans Son & Mrs. Sheep-
leys Negro of Kittery were Drownd.
Monday June ye 26. 1769 Mrs. Dorcas Bradford of Portsmouth Dy'd.
Aged 75 yrs.
Saturday July ye 1st. 1769. Mrs. Patience Ham wife of Benja. Ham of Dover
Dy'd.
Saturday July ye 8th. 1769. Mr. Saml. [worn]ord 3ds Schooner Belonging
to Berwick was Seizd at Portsmouth in ye Kings Behalf by Robert
Traill. Informers a Grecian [worn] Coffin. Two Rogues. — Trehearn
Monday July 17. 1769 Mr. Thomas Roberts son of Mr. Joshua Roberts of
Somersworth Dy'd. Buried on Tuesday 18.
July 4. 1769 Caleb Lord's time of Apprentiship out with his Master Lieut
Saml. Roberts of Somersworth.
Tuesday July ye 25. 1769 Job Roberts Son of Job Roberts Deed, of Somers-
worth Dyd. Buried of [sic] Thursday 27.
Sunday Night July 30th 1769 Mr. James Hobbs had a number of things
Stoln by some Infernal person or persons as. Sheets Shirts Shifts &c.
and Sundry things of Betty Chad wick's.
Tuesday Night Agust ye 1st. 1769 Mr. Wm. Plaistead Junr. of Somersworth
Married to Anne Ford Daughter of Mr. Jno. Ford of Berwick . . .
Tuesday night Aug. 1st. 1769 Mr. William Chad wick of Somersworth Mar-
ried to Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin of Berwick Daughter of Elisha and
Sarah Goodwin Deed.
Wed. Aug. 2. 1769. Mr. David Moore of Berwick Launched a Ship which
he Built for Supply Clap of Portsmouth ye 1st. Ship built up Newich-
wannick river. Built by Joseph Field of Kittery Shipwright. 1st. Ship
Built up ye River Since my being in Somersworth.
Wed. Aug. 9. 1769 Benja Molloy an Irishman Man Belonging to Ports-
mouth, was Pilloryd and Whipd for a Rape . . .
Nov. 3. 1768. Jno. Carr Dy'd.
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Friday Aug. 4. 1769 Edmund Roberts Saild in ye Brig Laurel for Barnstable
his Brother Josiah went with him ye 1st. Voyage of Josiah's Going.
Thursday Aug. 10 1769 Mrs. Ann Amey wife of Mr. Abram Amey of Somers-
worth Dy'd.
Aug. 22. 1769. Mr. Giles Seawards at Somersworth Dy'd.
Aug. 23. 1769 Margaret Hanson wife of Mr. Ephraim Hanson of Dover
Dy'd. She was ye only Daughter of Cap. Abraham Lord of Berwick.
Wed. Sep 12. 1769 One Danl. Jacobs of Durham had his Leg Broke [worn]
wheel run over it between Mr. Charles Bakers & Mr. Benja. Varneys.
Sunday Sep. 17. 1769 Lydia HiU Dy'd Wife of Isaac HiU & Sister of Ensign
Joseph Roberts of Dover.
Sep. 20 1769 Saml. Twombly [another entry, crossed out, reads of Rochester]
Dy'd.
Tuesday Night Oct. ye 3rd. 1769. The Lower Mill at Salmon Falls Somers-
worth Side Burnt Mr. Isaac Wentworth & Enoch Wentworth Sawd part
of ye night & Left her.
October ye 19 1769 Mr. Jno. Twombly of Dover Married to Mrs. Sarah
Twombly of Somersworth Daughter of Ensn. Benja. Twombly of
Somersworth Deed.
Thursday Oct. ye 26. 1769 The Lower Mills Salmon Falls Somersworth
Side Raised again. Framd pr. Mr. James Roberts.
Saturday Oct. 28. 1769 Theodore Atkinson Junr. Esq. Dyd. Interr'd on
Nov. 1st. His Widow's Maiden Name was Fanny Wentworth Daughr
of Mr. Sam'l. Wentworth of Boston & own Cousin to Theodore Atkinson
Deed. & own Cousin to this present Governor Jno. Wentworth Esq.*
This present Governor Jno. Wentworth Esq. was Married to his Cousin
Atkinson widow of Theodore Atkinson Junr. Esq. on Saturday Novem-
ber ye nth' 1769.
Mr. John Tucker Married to Mrs. Molly Wentworth Daughter of Mr. Mark
Wentworth of Somersworth Deed, on Monday Night November ye
13th. 1769.
Thursday Nov. 23rd. 1769. Wm. Chadwick's wife Delivered of 2 Daughters.
Viz. Molly & Betty.
Mr. Bartholomew Wentworth & Mrs. Ruth Hall were Married on Wednes-
day Nov. 22nd. 1769.
Mr. William Grant & Mrs. Mary Wentworth Married on Thursday Novem-
ber 23. 1769.
Mr. Paul Ford & Mrs. Abigail Ricker Married on Thursday November ye
23. 1769
Mr. Nicholas Wentworth & Mrs. Abigail Hammock Married on Thursday
Nov. ye 23rd. 1769. [This entry is crossed out with a different ink and
marked Rong.j
Mr. Jethro Heard & Mrs. Sarah [illegible] Married on Thursday Nov. 23rd.
1769.
Mr. William Hall & Mrs. Lydia Wentworth Married on Thursday Dec. 7th.
1769.
Wed. Dec. 13. 1769 Mr. George Walton of Newington Dy'd.
Mr. Spencer Wentworth Junr. and Mrs. Sarah Stiles Married on Thursday
December ye 14th. 1769.
Madam Hannah Atkinson Consort to the Honble Theodore Atkinson Esq.
Dyd on Dec. ye 1769.
Sunday Dec. 24. 1769 Mr. Benja. Abbott Married to Mrs. Sarah Chad\^dck
of Somersworth.
Monday Dec. 25. 1769 Mr. Stephen Hardison of Berwick Dy'd.
Mr. John Tebbets of Somersworth Married to Betty Gooddle of Wells on
Thursday Feb. 8th. 1770.
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Feb. 10. 1770 Sarah Wentworth wife of Ebenezer Wentworth of Somersworth
Dy'd.
Jan. 17th 1770 The Revd. Saml. Drown of Portsmouth Dy'd.
Feb. 22. 1770 John Knight Esquire of Newington Dy'd.
Feb. 28. 1770. Mrs. Abigail Garland Wife of Ebenezer Garland of Somers-
worth Dy'd.
Feb. 28. 1770 Cap. Dudley Watson of Dover Dy'd.
Monday March 26. 1770. Mr. Richd. Kenny of Dover Dy'd.
Friday March 30. 1770. Mr. Danl Drowns of Berwicks Leg Broke.
Friday April ye 6th. 1770. Mr. John Tebbets's Shop Burnt.
[Worn] ye 7th 1770. Mrs. Abigail Miller Dy'd.
Wed. April ye 11th. 1770. Mr. Jos. Tate Junr. Married to Mrs. Esther Cole.
Marryd by Jno. Plumer Esq. at Rochester.
Friday April ye 13th. 1770 Mr. Ichabod Rollins Junr. of Somersworth
Raisd a New House Fram'd by James Roberts.
Monday April ye 16. 1770 Mr. Robert Archibald Married to ye Wo. Lord
of Berwick. Thos. Lord Deceasd's Widow. The same Night ye Middle
Mill on Salmon Falls Berwick side Catch'd fire & had like to have burnt
down.
Monday Night April ye 16. 1770 Garlands Mill at Lebanon Burnt.
Tapin Wentworth Son of Cap William Wentworth of Somersworth dy'd on
April ye 9. 1768
Mrs Patience Wentworth Wife of Ensn. Saml. Wentworth of Somersworth &
my Wife whose Maiden Name was Eliz. Saunders was Born on April ye
24. N. S. 1721.
April ye. 16. 1770 Mrs. Abigail Treadwell Dy'd ^tis 58. yrs.
Aprl. 17. 1770 Mr. Jacob Treadwell Husband of ye aforsaid Abigail Treadwell
Dy'd ^tis 62 years.
May 7. 1770. Mr. Etherington Heart of Berwick Dy'd.
May 1770 Thos. Wentworth Son of Moses Wentworth Lost in the woods
at Tufton Town wherein after being out in the woods & in bad weathr.
with heavy Thundr. & Lightneg & Living only on Berrys was Taken up
ye 17. day
May 1770. Friend Joseph Estes of Dover Dy'd.
Friday April 13th. 1770 Mr. William Hall Rais'd a house Frame at a place
Call'd ye Beech Ridge [worn] Berwick Side.
Saturday June ye 2. 1770 Mrs. Willey wife of Saml. Willey Junr. Tufton
Tufton [probably intended for Tufton Town] was Deliver'd of a Daughter
Nam'd Lydia at her Fathers. Mr. Willm. Stiles's of Somersworth
Tuesday June ye 12th. 1770 Esq Benja. Chadbourn of Berwick Rais'd a New
House & Barn.
Sunday June ye 24. 1770 I was abus'd & Smitten by that Notorious Villain
Dick Turpin Alias Benja. Evans . . .
Tuesday June ye 26 1770 I was Violently Smitten & abused by that Eminent
Thief Patrick Murphy ye Thief yt Stole James Garvin Juniors bag
of Sugar also abus'd my wife in a Barbarous Manner, abus'd me worse.
Friday June 29 1770 James Garvin Junior Sail'd Master of ye Brig Grey-
hound for ye West Indies.
Wednesday July 4th. 1770 A Woman named of Hang'd herself.
Monday July 9th 1770 An Honourable present made to ye Town of Somers-
worth by ye Worshipful Thos. Wallingford Esq. Collo. WaUingford
(A Town Bell.
Thursday July 12. 1770 The Wo. Sarah Wentworth of Somersworth dy'd
iEtis 91 years. She was Mother to Capt. WiUiam Wentworth of
Somersworth.
Wednesday July 11th. 1770 Sarah Tebbets Daughter of Mr. Wm. & Mrs.
128 Master Tate's Diary [April
Mary Tebbets of Somersworth Dy'd. Aged 4 yrs 3 Months & 9 Days.
Thursday July 19. 1770 a Fast call'd at Somersworth on Acct. of ye present
Drought & Judgment of the numberless worms ye Lord has Sent among
us for our Wickedness. Toward Evening came on Heavy Thunder &
Lightning with Violent Winds with heavy but blessed Refreshing Rain
which continued ye chief of ye Night ye Lightning kill'd 13 Sheep
belonging to Jos. Tebbets of Rochester.
Wed. July 18th. 1770 Mr. Aaron Stacpole Rais'd a New Barn Fram'd pr.
Mr. Daniel Goodwin.
Wed. July 18. 1770 Elijah Bunker Rais'd a New house near Ebenezr. Clem-
ents.
Monday July ye 23. 1770 Mr. Reuben Tebbets Married to Mrs. Betty
Carr Daughter of Dr. Moses Carr of Somersworth.
The Year 1770 Remarkable for Vast Quantities of Worms Resembling
Caterpillars which came out of ye Ground Destro3dng ye Grass. Eating
up ye Grass as Close as if Mown & Leaving nothing but ye Stalk of ye
Corn.
Hampton Sunday July 22. 1770 We hear yt on Said day as pr above Men-
tion yt Just as Meeting on ye other side Broke up came on heavy
Thundr. & Lightning which Strook ye Steeple & Shatter 'd it much.
•Monday Aug. 6th. 1770 Mr. Josiah Richardson of Dover Married to Mrs.
Mary Philpot of Somersworth.
Saturday Aug. 11th. 1770 Friend William Horn of Dover Dy'd.
Portsmouth Sep. 4. 1770. Mr. Joshua Wentworths Store broke open. & Lost
out of the same in money & Goods to the Value of 200£ Lawful 1 Money.
The Thieves Nalworn] are as follows Viz. from Portsmouth Gazette
Sep. 14. 1770. Mention yt Wed. Last was brought to Town from
Boston ye 2 Two thieves Viz. Cotterel and Badger, who were Taken
up by ye Watch Last Sunday Night.
Friday Sep. 7. 1770 Mr. Nathaniel Wentworth's House of Middletown Burnt.
Thursday afternoon Sep. 13. 1770 One of Lieut. Moses Yeaton's Barns part
full of hay was Burnt down, Suppos'd to be set on fire by his Negro
Wench; (Violet.)
Thursday Sep. 13th. 1770 Mr. James Clements Married to Mrs. Sarah Ricker
Daughter of Mr. Ephraim Ricker of Somersworth.
Monday Sep. 17th. 1770 Mr. John Pike of Sommersworth Married to Miss
Martha Trevett of Old York.
Monday Sep. 17. 1770 Mr. James Foye Junr. of Berwick Married to Miss
Mary Lord pr. ye Revd. James Pike of Somersworth.
From the New Hamps. Gazette Friday Sep. 28. 1770. Salem Sep. 25. Miss
Naamah Leech of Beverly, who was in this Town a few days since,
excited ye curiosity of numbers to see her as a very Remarkable Instance
of Dwarfish stature being only about 25 inches in Heigh th. She is 52
years of age.
The Revd. George Whitefield Dy'd Suddenly of a Fit of the asthma at the
Revd. Jonathan Parsons's at Newbury on Sunday Sep. 30. 1770 and was
Decently Interrd on Tuesday Oct. 2nd Under ye Pulpit of ye Revd.
Jonathan Parsons's Meeting house. Funeral Sermon preach'd by ye
Revd. Temple of Boston. Text
Benning Wentworth Esq. former Governour of the Province of New Hampse
Dy'd on Sunday about 6 o Clock Evening Oct. 14. 1770 in ye 75th.
Year of his age. his Rems. were Interr'd on Friday Oct. 19.
Oct. 22. 1770. Dn. Hubbard Stevens of Durham Dy'd.
Saturday Night Oct. 20. 1770 Caleb Wakeham of Durham perish'd in ye
Storm Suppos'd to be much in Liquor.
Oct. ye 1770 Capt. [worn] Demerit of Durham Dy'd.
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Tuesday Oct. 30th. 1770. Mrs. Molly Hovey Wife of Dr. Ivory Hovey of
Berwick Dy'd.
London News to ye Printer. Looking over some Old papers, I found ye
following, which I suppose had Laid by me this fifty Years. I am, &c.
J. H.
Feb. 10. 1650, all the persons named in ye following strange Genealogy
were then Living at Feversham in Kent excepting only ye former wife
of Old Cashick. — Old Hawood had 2 Daughters by his first wife, of
which ye Eldest was Married to Jno. Cashick ye Son, & ye Youngest
was Married to John Cashick ye Father. This Cashick the Father had
a Daughter by his First wife, whom Old Hawood Married, & by her had
a son, therefore Cashick ye fathers Second wife could say as follows.
Father is my son, & I my Mother's Mother,
Sister is my Daughter, I'm Grandmother to Brother.
Wednesday Nov. 14. 1770 Mr. Samuel Ham Married to Mrs. Sarah Garvin
of Somersworth Daughter of Capt. James & Sarah Garvin of Somers-
worth.
Nov. 15. 1770 Mr. Ebenezer Nock Married to Mrs. EHzabeth Garland of
Somersworth.
Sep. 27. 1770 Mr. Ezra Hacket of Canterbury Married to Mrs. Hannah
Plaistead of Somersworth.
Rochester John Roberts strayd from his Family on Tuesday Morn Nov.
20. 1770 was found Dead on Saturday Dec. 1st 1770 found on ye Lot
of Land Belonging to Job Clements.
Mr. Benja. Warren Junr. & Mrs. Abigail Philpot Married on Monday Nov.
26. 1770.
Mr. James Garvin Married to Mrs. Dorothy Wentworth on Wed. Dec. 19.
1770.
Mr. Ephraim Wentworth Married to Mrs. Deborah Merrow on Thursday
Dec. 20. 1770
Monday Dec. 31st. 1770 one James Davis a Child about 5 Years of Age
Son of James Davis of Kittery was burnt by Powder so yt he dy'd
about 12. o ye Clock yt Night.
Sunday Night Jan. ye 20. 1770 EHzabeth Roberts Daughter of Mr. Love
Roberts of Somersworth Deliverd of a Son which she swore on Danl.
Pierce Son of Jno. Pierce of Berwick . . .
Friday Night Jan. 18th. Saml. Alley Junrs. wife Dy'd whose Maiden Name
was Judith Kenny.
Sunday Night Jan. 20. 1771. Joshua Ham of Dover Dy'd Suddenly.
Feb. 4. Old Stile 1760. Mr. Eliphalet Cromwel Married to his Second wife
whose Maiden Name was Kezia Watson off [sic] Dover aut Cochecho.
Tuesday January ye 29th. 1771. Major John Titcomb of Dover Dy'd.
Tuesday Jan. 29th. 1771 Patience Paul. Wife of Moses Paul of Somersworth
Deliverd of 2 Sons.
Memorandum of 4 Sermons preachd at Somersworth by ye Revd. George
Whitefield. Viz 2 On March ye 8th. 1745. Morning Text 9 Chap. St.
John part of 35th Verse. Dost thou Believe on ye Son of God. After-
noon Text 12 Chap, of St. Luke 32 V. Fear Not Little Flock 2 Sermons
on Sunday Mar. 17. 1745 Morning Text 6th of St. Jno. 35. Verse. And
Jesus said unto them. I am the Bread of Life he that cometh to me
Shall never Hunger, & he that Believeth on me shall never Thirst.
Evening Text 1 Chap. St. Jno. 36 Verse. Behold the Lamb of God.
John Deane who Sail'd from England on the Nott[i()orn]ham Galley for
Boston in New England on ye 25th. of Sep. 1710. Burden 120 Tun, 10
Guns, & 14 Men was cast away on Boone Island on ye 11th. of Decem-
ber following, & was Taken off sd. Island on Jan. 4. 17 l[worn] in a
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Shallop by 2 Masters of Vessels. Viz. Wra. Long of Old. England, &
Jethro Furber of New England.
Sarah Simpson a widow Woman about 27 Years [worn] in jq Parish of Oj^ster
River New England and Penelope Kenny a Servant Girl about 20 Years
of Age [worn] in or near Limerick in Ireland, was executed in Ports-
mouth for ye Murder of their Bastard Children. The Revd. IMr.
Wm. Shurtliff preach'd Sarah Simpson's Farewel Sermon, & ye Revd.
Mr. Arthur Brown pr'd Penelope Kenny's. Mr. Shurtleffs Text St.
Luke Chap. 23. V. 42 Lord Remember me when thou comest into thy
Kingdom. Mr. Browns Text. Proverbs Chap. 22. Verse 6th. Train up
a Child in ye way he should go and when he is Old he will not Depart
from it. Executed on December ye 27. 1739.
Monday Feb. 25. 1771 Widow Mary Tebbets of Somersworth Dyd Suddenly
^tis 81 Years 9 months & 7 Days. She was Mother of Li\-ing
Children.
Saturday Feb. 9. 1771 A very Heavy Storm of Snow, Wind, Rain, & Hail
Blew Down aut oversat a Barn Belonging to Jno Lord of Berwick
without Hurting one Creature, Except one Turkey.
Saturday Feb. 9. 1771 Mr. Daniel Furbush of Berwick Dy'd Suddenly.
Wednesday February ye 27. 1771 Anne Perkins Dy'd Daughter of Mr. Wih.
Perkins & Mistress Rachel Perkins Deed, whose Maiden Name was
Rachel Philpot.
Sunday Mar. 3. 1771. Early in ye Morning a Shock of an Earthquake
Isaac Mason Dy'd in the Evening. Snowy day.
Tuesday March 12th. 1771 Town Meeting at Somersworth. a Tempestuous
day, a Moderator Chosen, Viz. Mr. Danl. Goodwin, ye Majority of
of ye People 111 Dispos'd ye Meeting Adjourn'd tiU Monday March
18 & on Monday March ye 18th. Held their Meeting. Select Men.
Ensn. Ichabod Rollins, Ens. Saml. Roberts, & Mr. Jonathan Wentworth.
Tuesday Evening March 12th. 1771. Mr. Ebenezer Roberts of Somersworth
Married to Mrs. Rachel Philpot Daughter of Mr. Jno. Philpot of Somers-
worth Deed. & Daughter of Mrs. Sarah Stevens. 2nd. Wife of Deacon
Moses Stevens of Somersworth.
[To be continued]
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
Communicated by the Committee on English Research
Clarke
Contributed by Alfred Rudulph Justice of Ardmore, Pa.
[Concluded from page 76]
6. James Clerke or Clarke, of East Farleigh, co. Kent, Gent.,
the testator of 1614, son of George (5), born about 1540, died
between 13 July and 1 Nov. 1614. He married, about 1565,
Mary Saxby, daughter and heir of Sir Edward, Knight, and
EHzabeth (Fisher) (Woodliff).*
•Sir Edward Saxby or Saxilby, Knight, who died between 4 Jan. 1560/1 and 24 Aug. 1562,
married (1), by licence dated 5 July 1547, Anna Borland, widow, by whom he had no issue; mar-
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The arms of James Gierke, as given in the Visitations of
Sussex, p. 210 (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 53),
were: Or, a bend engrailed azure, impahng Gules, a bend
vaire between six escallops argent.
Ghildren:
1. Walter.
ii. Elizabeth, bapt. at Wrotham, co. Kent, 29 July 1567; bur. there 10
Apr. 1568.
7. iii. William.
iv. Peter, m. Elizabeth Warren.
V. Anna, m. Humphrey Browne of London.
vi. Grace, living 13 July 1614, when she is mentioned in her father's
will. She is not mentioned in the Visitation of Kent, 1619.
vii. Edward, of East Farleigh and of Minster in Sheppy, co. Kent, m. at
Hucking, co. Kent, by licence dated 24 Dec. 1616, Judith (Elmes-
ton) Garden of Minster in Sheppy, dau. of Richard Elmeston of
Renham [i.e., Rainham], co. Kent, and widow of Garden.
Edward Gierke is mentioned in the Visitation of Kent, 1619, and
also in his father's will, of which he was probably the scribe. Ghild,
given in the Visitation of Kent-: 1. Anna.
viii. Barbara, m. Nicholas Grump, s. of William of Kent, whose arms
are given in the Visitations of Sussex, p. 210, as Gules, a chevron
between three quatrefoils or. Ghild: 1. John, ''of Stonesinke in
ye parish of Farley in Susex" [sic], m. (2) Joane, dau. of Sir Martin
and Elizabeth (Smith) Gal thorp of Hickling, co. Norfolk; four
sons and four daughters, the eldest daughter being his child "by
a former wife." (lb.)
7. William Glerke, of East Farleigh, co. Kent, and St. Botolph,
Aldgate, London, Gent., son of James (6), was buried at East
Farleigh 12 June 1610. He married at St. Andrew's, Holborn,
London, by licence dated 10 Feb. 1598/9, Mary Weston,
spinster, baptized at Roxwell, co. Essex, 26 Apr. 1579, probably
died before 13 July 1614, daughter of Sir Jerome, Knight, and
Mary (Gave).*
In a calendar of Feet of Fines for Essex is found the following
record, dated Michaelmas, 6 James I [1608]: "Sir Edward
Pynchon, knt. James Gierke, Esq., William Gierke and Tho.
Glynton, als Fynes, Esq., and Mary his wife, a messuage and
land in Little Warley als Est Warley als Warley Semelts and
Ghilderdich.''t
Ghildren, baptized at East Farleigh:
i. Weston, of St. Alban's, Wood Street, London, merchant, bapt.
24 Feb. 1599/1600; d., probably s.p., at St. Alban's, Wood Street,
in 1626; m. at* St. Michael's, Queenhithe, London, by licence
dated 18 Mar. 1621/2, Dorcas Smith, of St. Alban's, Wood
Street, spinster, who survived him, dau. of Matthew of King's
Lynn, co. Norfolk, merchant, deceased. J He was the chief heir
ried (2) Elizabeth (Fisher) WoodlifiF, who died between 19 Sept. 1562 and 2 Mar. 1563/4, daughter of
• Fisher of Longworth, co. York, Esq., and widow of William Woodliff, lord of the manor
of Wormeley, co. Herts, and by her he had one daughter, Mary, who married James Gierke. He
was admitted to the Inner Temple 30 Nov. 1537, and was a baron of the Exchequer. For the wills
of Sir Edward Saxby and his wife, Elizabeth, vide supra, pp. 68-69. By her first husband, William
Woodliff, Elizabeth had two daughters, Anne, who married William [sic, ? John] Purvey, and Ange-
lett, who married Walter Tooke. (Cf. Visitations of Hertfordshire, pp. 161, 167, 99, in Publications
of the Harleian Society, vol. 22.)
*For the Weston family vide infra, p. 134, Addendum.
"fThe East Anglian, New Series, vol. 10, p. 51.
JMarriage Licences granted by the Bishop of London, vol. 2, p. 110 (Publications of the Harleian
Society, vol. 26) .
VOL. LXXIV. 9
132 Genealogical Research in England [April
of his grandfather, James Gierke of East Farleigh, who in his will
directs him to pay £100 to each of his brothers. On 3 May 1626
sentence was promulgated annulling the will of Weston Clarke,
late of the parish of St. Alban's, Wood St., London, deceased,
produced by WilUam Clarke as executor, and confirming the grant
of administration made in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to
Dorcas Clarke, relict of said deceased. (P.C.C., Hele, 76.) No
trace of the will can be found.
ii. William, bapt. 5 July 1601; probably d. s.p. prior to 1633. He was
executor of the wiQ of his brother Weston, which was annulled in
1626.
iii. James, of Aldgate Ward, London, grocer, the testator of 1647, bapt.
31 Oct. 1602; d. between 6 Dec. 1647 and 10 Sept. 1649; m.
(1) about 1630 Sarah Harvey; m. (2) Helen , who was
Uving 6 Dec. 1647. His name is attached to the pedigree of Clerk
of "Allgate Ward" which is printed in the Visitation of London,
vol. 1, page 172, and has been described above (page 73). Children,
living 6 Dec. 1647, the first one certainly by first wife: 1. Mary,
one year old in 1633. 2, James. 3. Anne.
iv. Rev. Essex, bapt. 4 Dec. 1603; B.C.L. (University of Oxford,
where he was of St. Edmund Hall), 17 Apr. 1630; canon of Chester,
1634; rector of Pulford, co. Chester, 1648. (Cf. Foster's Alumni
Oxonienses.)
V. George, bapt. 2 Dec. 1604.
8. vi. Jeremiah or Jeremy, bapt. 1 Dec. 1605.
vii. Richard, bapt. 12 Apr. 1607; Hving 6 Dec. 1647, when his brother
James in his will bequeathed to him, or, if he die, to his children,
one-third of his (James's) estate.
viii. John, bapt. 10 Apr. 1608.
ix. Mary (a posthumous child), bapt. 16 Sept. 1610.
8. Jeremiah or Jeremy Clarke, of Newport, R. I., son of William
(7), baptized at East Farleigh, co. Kent, England, 1 Dec. 1605,
died at Newport, and was buried there in Jan. 1651/2. The
Friends' records contain the following entry.
Jeremiah Clarke, one of the first English Planters of Rhode Island,
he died at Newport in said Island and was buried in the tomb
that stands by the street by the water side in Newport, upon
the — day of the 11 mo., 1651.
He married, perhaps secondly, in England, about 1637,
Frances (Latham) Dungan, who was baptized at Kempston,
CO. Bedford, 15 Feb. 1609/10,* died in the first week in Sept.
1677, in her 67th [sic] year, and was buried at Newport, her
gravestone in the Newport cemetery bearing the following
inscription:
Here Lyeth ye Body of Mrs. Frances Vaughan, Alius Clarke, ye
mother of ye only children of Capt'n Jeremiah Clarke. She
died ye 1 week in Sept., 1677, in ye 67th year of her age.
She was daughter of Lewis Latham, Gent., Sergeant Falconer to
King Charles I, by his wife Ehzabeth, and widow of WilHam
Dungan, Gent., perfumer, who was son of Thomas Dungan,
Gent., of Lincoln's Inn, and nephew of Sir Walter Dungan,
Bart., of Castletown, Kildrought, and Possecktown, co. Kildare,
Ireland, ancestor of the earls of Limerick and of royal descent.
Frances (Latham) (Dungan) Clarke married thirdly, on or
•Blaydea'e Genealogia Bedfordiensis, p. 159.
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before 18 Jan. 1656 [?1655/6],* Rev. WiUiam Vaughan, who
died on or before 2 Sept. 1677, a letter of that date from
Samuel Hubbard of Newport to his children at Westerly, R. I.,
stating that ^'Mr. Vahan is gone to his long home and his wife
is like to follow him if not dead/'f
About the year 1637 Jeremiah Clarke, accompanied by his
wife and her four children by her first husband, WilHam
Dungan,t and also probably by his wife's widowed sister,
Ellen Sherringham, emigrated to New England, and in 1638
was admitted an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck. On
28 Apr. 1639 he and eight others signed the well-known com-
pact at Pocasset (later Portsmouth), R. I., preparatory to the
. settlement of Newport. On 25 Nov. 1639 he was chosen
constable, and was reelected in the following spring, and
on 29 Jan. 1639/40 he was selected to supply the treasurer's
place ''till his returne from the Dutch." On 10 Mar. 1639/40
he had land recorded to the amount of 116 acres, and a few
days later he and two others were chosen to lay out the re-
mainder of the lands at Newport. On 16 Mar. 1640/1
his name appears in the court roll of freemen. On 17 Mar.
1641/2 he was elected lieutenant of the militia for Newport,
and on 13 Mar. 1643/4 he was chosen captain for Newport,
then the highest military rank attainable. On the same date
he was elected treasurer of Newport, and held this office for three
years, and in May 1647 he was elected general treasurer of the
Colony, and served in this capacity until 22 May 1649. On
16 May 1648 he was chosen an assistant, and in the same year,
pending the clearance of President William Coddington of
certain accusations, he was authorized to act, and did act, as
President.§
Children.il
i. Gov. Walter, of Newport, b. about 1638; d. 23 May 1714, in his
*0n this date Jeremiah Clarke's widow, then the wife of Rev. William Vaughan, entered into
an agreement with her son Walter Clarke through his guardians John Cranston and James Barker,
who are called his brothers-in-law (James Barker having married Walter Clarke's half sister,
Barbara Dungan), by which Walter Clarke was to have the dwelling house where his mother lived,
with the garden, orchard, and certain lands, which were his inheritance, but his mother was to have
possession until 29 Sept., or until tobacco was cured. The house in which Capt. John Cranston
lived was to be his, as appeared by deed, Mrs. Vaughan was to pay all debts, etc., and for that
purpose had half of a house which she was to sell, and she also had certain lands, household goods,
etc., for herself and for the children of Jeremiah Clarke other than Walter. (Cf. Austin, Genea-
logical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 44.)
tRev. William Vaughan was one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport,
which was organized about the year 1644. He is said to have been ordained in 1648. He was
admitted freeman in 1655, and in 1656 organized, with others, the Second Baptist Church of New-
port, of which he was the first minister. On 4 Apr. 1676 the Rhode Island Assembly voted: "That
in these troublesome times and straits in this Colony, this Assembly desiring to have the advice and
concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants if it may be had for the good of the whole, do desire
at their next sitting the company and counsel of" sixteen persons, among whom was William
Vaughan. (Cf. Austin, op. cit., pp. 211-212.)
JThe four children were Thomas Dungan, who afterwards married and settled in Pennsylvania,
and was the first Baptist minister there, Barbara Dungan, who afterwards married James Barker of
Rhode Island, and two other daughters.
§See Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, vol. 1, pp. 87, 93, 98, 110, 121, 127, 148, 209, 210,
211, 21.3; Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 44; Morrison's The "Clarke"
Families of Rhode Island, pp. 214-215.
IIFor more detailed information about the children of Jeremiah Clarke than is given in this
article and for the names of his grandchildren see Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island,
pp. 44-45, and Morrison, The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island, pp. 215 et seq.
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77th year; bur. in the Chfton Burial Ground, Newport; m. (1)
in 1660 Content Greenman, b. about 1636, d. 27 Mar. 1666,
aged 30, dau. of John; m. (2) in Feb. 1666/7 Hannah Scott, b.
about 1642, d. 24 July 1681, aged 39, dau. of Richard and Catha-
rine (Marbury); m. (3) 6 Mar. 1682/3 Freeborn (Williams)
Hart, b. in Oct. 1635, d. 10 Dec. 1709, aged 73 [sic], dau. of Roger
and Mary Williams and widow of Thomas Hart; m. (4) at New-
port, 31 Aug. 1711, Sarah (Prior) Gould, b. in Oct. 1664, d. in
1714, dau. of Matthew and Mary Prior and widow of John Gould.
He held various high offices in the Colony, and was Governor in
1676-77, 1686, and 1695/6-1698. Three children by first wife
and six children by second wife.
ii. Mary, b. in 1641; d. 7 Apr. 1711; m. (1) in 1658 John Cranston,
Governor of Rhode Island, 1678-1680, b. in 1626, d., while serving
as Governor, 12 Mar. 1679/80, s. of Rev. James (chaplain to King
Charles I); m. (2) John Stanton, widower, b. in Aug. 1645, d. 3
Oct. 1713, s. of Robert and Avis of Newport. Ten children by
first husband and one child by second husband.
iii. Jeremiah, b. in 1643; d. 16 Jan. 1728/9; m. Ann Audley, who d.
15 Dec. 1732, probably dau. of John and Margaret of Boston,
Mass. Nine children.
iv. Latham, b. in 1645; d. 1 Aug. 1719; m. (1) Hannah Wilbur, dau.
* of Samuel and Hannah (Porter); m. (2) 20 Sept. 1698 Anne
(Collins) Newberry, b. about 1651, d. 19 Feb. 1731/2, aged
80 years, 6 months, widow of Walter Newberry. Nine children
by first wife.
. V. Weston, b. 5 Apr. (or 2 July) 1648; d. in 1728; m. (1) at the Rhode
Island Monthly Meeting of Friends, 25 Dec. 1668, Mary Easton,
b. 25 Sept. 1648, d. at Newport 16 Nov. 1690, dau. of Peter and
Ann (Coggeshall) ; m. (2) at the Rhode Island Monthly Meeting
of Friends, 21 Nov. 1691, Rebecca (Thurston) Eas-eon, b. in
Apr. 1662, d. 16 Sept. 1737, dau. of Edward and Ehzabeth (Mott)
Thurston and widow of Peter Easton, Jr. Weston Clarke held
several high offices in the Colony, serving in various years as
attorney general, general treasurer, and general recorder. Eight
children by first wife and four children by second wife.
vi. Rev. James, of Newport, b. in 1649, d. at Newport 1 Dec. 1736; m.
Hopestill Power, b. in 1650, d. 27 Feb. 1718, dau. of Nicholas
and Jane of Providence, R. I. In 1701 he was ordained pastor of
the Second Baptist Church of Newport, and held this office until
his death. He and his wife are buried in the Newport cemetery.
Four or more children.
vii. Sarah, b. in 1651; d. about 1706; m. (1) John Pinner, who d.,
probably s.p., in 1674; m. (2) Caleb Carr, widower,* Governor
of Rhode Island in 1695, b. in 1624, d., while serving as Governor,
17 Dec. 1695. Four children by second husband.
Addendum: The Weston Family
Through his mother, Mary Weston, Jeremiah Clarke of Rhode
Island was related to the "V^-^eston famil}^, an Essex family of great
prominence in the reigns of the later Tudors and early Stuarts.
Richard Weston, uncle of Jeremiah Clarke, was lord high treasurer
of England, and was created by King Charles I Earl of Portland.
He and several other members of the family were Roman Catholics,
either secretly or openly, and in the Civil War most of them were
stanch Royalists. Much information about the family may be
found in English books, especially in Morant's '^History and Anti-
quities of the County of Essex," Waters's ' 'Genealogical Memoirs
of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley,'' 'The Visitations of
•His first wife, Mercy , was born in 1631 and died 21 Sept. 1675.
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Essex" {Publications of the Harleian Society, vols. 13 and 14), and
the ''Dictionary of National Biography," and it is chiefly from these
authorities that the following Weston pedigree has been compiled,
for the purpose of presenting to the readers of the Register an
account of some of the noteworthy English connections of the
Rhode Island settler.
According to Morant (op. cit., vol. 2, pp. 70-71, 171, reprint of
1816) the family to which Mary Weston and her brother, the Earl
of Portland, belonged was descended from Michael de Weston,
who settled in Essex about 14 Edward I [1286]. The claim that he
sprang from an ancient family of Westons in Staffordshire must be
rejected. Humfrey de Weston, one of Michael's sons, established
himself at Prested Hall, in Feering, co. Essex, where he was living
in 1360 and where his descendants flourished until the beginning of
the seventeenth century. In the early years of the sixteenth cen-
tury Prested Hall was held by William Weston (1), with whom
the following pedigree begins.
1. William Weston, of Prested Hall, Feering, co. Essex, and
of London, mercer, died between 20 June 1514, the date of his will,
and 6 Feb. 1514/15, when his will was proved. He married Margaret
, who was Uving 20 June 1514, but from his will it is appar-
ently to be inferred that she was not his first wife.
In his will he directs that if he dies in the parish of All Hallows,
Honey Lane, London, he is to be buried in the churchyard ''between
my father's seller window and the bordyd dore of my parlor, as
nigh unto the Church wall as may be." He bequeaths to the
^'Masyndewe'^ [Maison Dieu] at Dover, on condition that the Master
and Brethren pray for the souls of Sir Harry Overe, John Chapman,
Robert Basey, and Agnes Sislington. He bequeaths to his cousin
Joan with his sister at Keldon [Kelvedon, co. Essex] 6s. 8d., and to
his sister 10s. One third part of his estate is to be divided between
his five children, viz., to Master Weston in the New College at
Oxford £5, to Richard Weston £10, to Thomas and John Weston
£20 each, and the residue to Mary Weston on her marriage. One
other third part of his estate is given to Margaret, his wife, and
also his manor of Prested Hall in Essex in the parishes of Feering
and Messing, for her hfe, with remainder to his children. Executors :
his said wife Margaret, Master William Weston, her eldest son, and
Thomas Weston, her son. (P. C. C, Fettiplace, 31.)
Child, probably by first wife :
i. Richard, of Prested Hall and Colchester, co. Essex, mentioned in
his father's will, and said by Morant (op. cit.) to be the eldest
son; d. in 1541; m. Elizabeth . Child: 1. John*
Children by second wife, living 20 June 1514:
ii. William.
•Robert Weston, of Prested Hall, Esq., son and heir of this John, died 6 June 1601. He
married Dorothy , who survived him and married (2) Thomas Fuller, Gent. Robert
Weston left two daughters, coheirs, Anne, aged 9 years and 3 months, and Mary, aged 5 years
and 10 months. Mary probably died young. Her sister Anne married Dean Tindall of Great
Maplestead, co. Essex, Esq., and the estate of Prested Hall was brought by this marriage into the
Tindall family, and thence passed by sale into other hands. (Morant, op. cit., vol. 2, p. 171.)
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iii. Thomas.
2. iv. John.
V. Mary, unm. 20 June 1514.*
2. John Weston (William), fourth son of his father, was prob-
ably the father of
3. i. Richard, b. in 1510.
ii. A daughter, m. John Slade of Coventry, co. Warwick. Children:
1. Mary, unm. in 1572, when she is mentioned in her uncle Richard's
will. 2. Joan, Hving in 1572, when she is mentioned in her uncle
Richard's will; m. (marriage settlement dated 1 Apr., 12 Ehzabeth
[1570]) John Milborne of Marks Hall in Dunmow, co. Essex,
Gent., whose inquisition post mortem was taken in 1594; had
issue.
3. Richard Weston (? John, William), of Writtle and Roxwell,
CO. Essex, the testator of 1572, is said by Morant (op. cit.) to
have been a son of John Weston (2), and Morant^s statement
is probably correct.f He was born in 1510, and died 6 July
1572. He married first, about 1549, Wiburga (Catesby)
Jenour, who died in 1553, daughter of Anthony Catesby of
Whiston, CO. Northampton, Esq., by his wife Wiburga (I^gott),
and widow of Richard Jenour of Great Dunmow, co. Essex,
Esq. ;t secondly, before 1558, Margaret Burnaby, whose burial
on 10 Apr. 1565 is recorded at Roxwell, but who, according to
her husband's will, was buried in the parish church of Writtle,
daughter of Eustace of Watford, co. Northampton, Esq.;
and thirdly, at Chicheley, co. Bucks, 7 July 1566, Elizabeth
(Lovett) (Cave) Newdigate, who was buried at Chicheley
21 Aug. 1577, daughter of Thomas Lovell of Astwell, co.
Northampton, Gent., by his wife Anne (Dan vers), and widow «
of Anthony Cave of Chicheley, Esq. (who died 9 Sept. 1558), "
and of John Newdigate of Harefield, co. Middlesex, Esq.,
M. P. (who died in 1565).
Richard Weston was educated for the profession of law,
and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, London,
where he was reader in the autumn of 1554. He became emi-
nent in his profession, and with the proceeds of his lucra-
tive practice purchased in 1554 the manor of Skreens in
Roxwell, which became the family seat. On 10 Oct. 1555 he
was returned to Parliament for Maldon, co. Essex, on 20
Nov. 1557 he was appointed solicitorfgeneral, on 13 Feb.
1558/9 he was made|Queen'sJsergeant,fand|on 16 Oct. 1559
*Morant {op. cit.) inserts before Mary a daughter Margaret.
tThe arms of Richard Weston were: Ermine, on a chief azure five bezants, with a martlet
for difference. These arms are found on the tomb of his daughter. Lady Tichborne, in Winchester
Cathedral, and were allowed to his grandson, Sir Richard Weston, afterwards Earl of Portland,
in the Visitation of Essex in 1612. The mark of cadency in these arms proves that Richard Weaton
or his father was a fourth son. (Waters's The Chesters of Chicheley, vol. 1, p. 95.)
$Cf. Jenour and Weston pedigrees in Visitation of Essex, 1612 {Publications of the Harleian
Society, vol. 13, pp. 222, 319), and Catesby pedigree in Metcalfe's Visitations of Northampton-
shire, p. 174. According to the Dictionary of National Biography Wiburga, first wife of Richard
Weston, was "daughter of Thomas Catesby of Seaton, Northamptonshire" [sic]. According to the
Visitation of Rutland, p. 33 (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 3), she was daughter of
Michael Catesby of Seaton in co. Rutland, and similar statements may be found in Waters's The
Chesters of Chicheley, pp. 96, 108, and in Morant (op. cit.), except that Morant places Seaton
in Northamptonshire. The Jenour pedigree in the Visitation of Essex, 1612, gives to Richard
and Wiburga (Catesby) jJenour five sons and two daughters.
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he was appointed justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
holding this office until his death. He died possessed of a
large estate, which included, besides the manor of Skreens,
the manor of Netteswell, lands in Netteswell, Great and Little
Parndon, Harlow, and Latton in Essex, the manor of St.
Lawrence Hall, lands in East and West Tilbury, co. Essex,
and other manors and lands. On 21 July 1558 Queen Mary
granted to him and to his wife Margaret the manor of Garnett
and Marks and the manor of Long Barnes, including Fraies
in Beauchamp-Roding, Essex, with appurtenances.
Children by first wife :
4. i. Jerome, son and heir, b. probably in 1550.
ii. Amphillis, m. Sir Benjamin Tichborne, of Tichborne, co. Hants,
Bart. They had issue.
Children by second wife:
iii. Nicholas, under twenty-one on 4 July 1572.
iv. Winifred, under eighteen on 4 July 1572; d. unm.; bur. at Roxwell
3 Mar. 1590/1.
V. Margaret, bapt. at Roxwell 3 May 1564; m. (1) John Lovedat,
Esq.; m. (2) Andrew Glascock of Eltham Park, Kent, Esq.
4. Sir Jerome Weston {Richard, ? John, William), of Skreens in
Roxwell, CO. Essex, Knight, the testator of 1603, born prob-
ably in 1550 (he was twenty-two years old at his father's
death), died 31 Dec. 1603, and was buried at Roxwell 17
Jan. 1603/4. He married first, at Chicheley, co. Bucks,
25 Nov. 1572, Mary Cave,* born 1 Nov. 1556, buried at
Roxwell 6 Oct. 1593, youngest daughter and coheir of Anthony
of Chicheley, co. Bucks, Esq., by his wife Elizabeth (Lovett),
who became the third wife of Richard Weston (3) and there-
fore stepmother of Sir Jerome Weston; and secondly Mar-
gery (Pert) Thwaites, daughter of George Pert of Mount-
nessing, co. Essex, and of London, Esq., by his wife Alice,
and widow of WilHam Thwaites of the manor of Newland
Hall, CO. Essex, an alderman of London. Sir Jerome Weston's
second wife is not mentioned in his will, and therefore prob-
ably died before 28 Dec. 1603, when the will was made.
Sir Jerome Weston was high sheriff of Essex in 1599, and
was knighted by King James I at the Charterhouse 11 May
1603. At his death he held, besides other estates formerly
held by his father, the manor of Neyland, co. Suffolk, and
the manor of Berwick Hall in White Colne, co. Essex.
His Christian name is spelled in various ways, such as
'Gerrom," "Hierome," "Jeromye," etc. Two of his daughters
had sons named Jeremy, viz., Ann Williams and Mary Clarke,
and his daughter Elizabeth Cotton had a son named Jerome;
and all three of these children were probably named for their
grandfather, Sir Jerome Weston.
*Anne Cave, second daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Lovett), married Griffith Hampden
of Great Hampden, co. Bucks, Esq. Their son and heir, William Hampden, married Elizabeth
Cromwell, daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, Knight, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell, the Protector.
William and Elizabeth (Cromwell) Hampden were the parents of the statesman and patriot,
John Hampden. John Hampden and Jeremiah Clarke of Rhode Island were, therefore, second
cousins. (Cf. Waters's The Chesters of Chicheley, vol. 1, pp. 89-92.)
id
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Children by first wife:
i. Anne, b. about 1574; living 2 May 1629; m. at Roxwell, 6 Dec. 1590,
John Williams of Brentwood, co. Essex, Esq. John Williams
was a barrister of the Middle Temple, but was expelled in
1612, charged with being a popish recusant. In 1619 he was
arrested on suspicion of being a Catholic priest. On being
searched a pamphlet entitled ''Balaam's Ass," with annotations,
was found in his possession; and he admitted that he was the
author of it. He was arraigned for high treason, having pre-
dicted in his pamphlet that the Kjng would die in the year 1621,
was convicted 3 May 1619, and on the Monday following was
hanged, drawn, and quartered over against the Mews at Charing
Cross. He and his wife Anne had several children, one of whom,
Robert, was bapt. at Roxwell 12 Mar. 1599/1600, and another,
Jeremy, was mentioned in the will of Sir Edward Pinchon, hus-
band of his aunt Dorothy (4, vii), declared 5 Mar. 1626/7.
ii. Sir Richard, first Earl of Portland, heir of his father, b. at his
grandmother's house in Chicheley, co. Bucks; bapt. at Chicheley
1 Mar. 1576/7; d. at Wallingford House, Westminster, 13 Mar.
1634/5; m. (1) Elizabeth Pinchon, who was bur. at Roxwell
12 Feb. 1602/3, dau. of William of Writtle, co. Essex, Esq.,
by his wife Rose (Readinge), and sister of Sir WilHam Pinchon,
Knight, who m. Sir Richard's sister, Dorothy Weston (4, vii);
m. (2) before Mar. 1605 Frances Waldegrave, who d. in 1645
(her will, dated 24 Feb. 1643/4 and proved 6 Apr. 1645, being
recorded in P. C. C, Rivers, 64), dau. and coheir of Nicholas of
Borley, co. Essex, Esq., by his wife Catherine (Browne). Sir
Richard Weston was educated for the legal profession at the
Middle Temple, was returned to Parliament 28 Sept, 1601 for
his grandfather's old constituenqy, Maldon, co. Essex, was
knighted by King James I at Whitehall on 23 July 1603, was
returned to Parliament for Midhurst, co. Surrey, at a by-election,
29 Mar. 1604 (not having been returned for Maldon at the gen-
eral election in Feb. 1603/4), held various oflBces under the Crown
and received from the King from time to time large sums of
money, was knight of the shire for Essex in the Short Parlia-
ment of Apr. -June 1614, was sent abroad on an important dip-
lomatic mission in 1620, was appointed chancellor and under-
treasurer of the Exchequer 29 Jan. 1620/1, was made a member
of the Privy Council about the same time, entered Parliament
again as member for Arundel, co. Sussex, 22 Nov. 1621, was sent
to the Continent again in the diplomatic service the following
year, was returned to succeeding Parliaments for various boroughs,
was raised to the peerage as Baron Weston of Neyland on 13
Apr. 1628, and on 23 July 1628 was appointed lord high treas-
urer. He had great influence with King Charles I, especially in
financial matters and in foreign relations, on 9 Apr. 1630 he
was made a knight of the Garter, and on 17 Feb. 1632/3 the
Ejng created him Earl of Portland. At heart he had long been
a Roman Catholic, having doubtless been influenced by the
fact that his wife and some of his sisters were zealous adherents
of the Church of Rome. On the Sunday before his death King
Charles visited him, and the Earl acknowledged that he was a
Catholic and begged His Majesty to take back the treasurer's
staff, which he considered himself disquaUfied to retain on account
of his religion and his illness. The King assured him of his con-
tinued favor. "Only get better," he" said, ''and the Catholic
religion shall not prevent your retaining ' the staff." On the
Friday following, however, 13 Mar. 1634/5, he died, having
received the last sacraments from the hands of a Catholic priest.
He was buried in Winchester Cathedral 24 Mar. 1634/5. His
will, which is not to be found in the Prerogative Court of Canter-
bury, is described in the Strafford Papers, vol. 1, pp. 388-389
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It was made on the Monday before his death, 9 Mar. 1634/5.
His estate in land was rated at £6000 per annum, subject to
debts and legacies of nearly £30,000. He left his family seat,
Skreens in Roxwell, to his second son, Thomas, and gave to his
two younger sons annuities of £300 per annum, to his wife £1500
jointure and his house at Roehampton, to his unmarried daughter,
Lady Mary Weston, £4000, and to his daughter White £1000.
His eldest son was his sole executor and principal heir.* Chil-
dren by first wife: 1. Richard, d. on or before 1 May 1634; insane.
2. Elizabeth, bur. at St. Giles in the Fields, London, 16 Sept.
1654; m. in 1623 Sir John Netterville, second Viscount Netter-
ville, a Catholic peer and a Royalist, who was bur. at St. Giles
in the Fields, London, 3 Sept. 1659, s. of Nicholas, first Viscount
Netterville, of Dowth, co. Meath, Ire., by his wife Eleanor,
dau. of Sir John Bathe of Drumcouragh and Athcarne, co. Meath;
several children. 3. Mary, bapt. at Roxwell 3 Jan. 1602/3;
m. in 1629 Walter, second Baron Aston of Forfar, b. 6 Apr. 1609,
d. at Tixall, co. Stafford, 23 Apr. 1678, bur. at St. Mary's, Staf-
ford, s. of Walter, Baron Aston of Forfar, by his wife Gertrude
(Sadlier); had issue. Children by second wife: 4. Sir Jerome,
second Earl of Portland, a Royalist but not a Roman Catholic,
b. 16 Dec. 1605; d. at Ashley House, Walton on Thames, 17
Mar. 1662/3; m. in his father's chapel at Roehampton, in Putney,
CO. Surrey, Archbishop Laud officiating, 25 June 1632, Lady
Frances Stuart, b. 19 Mar. 1617, bur. in Westminster Abbey 24
Mar. 1693/4, youngest dau. of Esme, third Duke of Lennox,
by his wife Katherine (Clifton), and a relative of the King; one
son and four daughters; the daughters became nuns, and the
son, Charles, bapt. at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 19 May
1639, succeeded his father as third Earl of Portland and d. unm.,
being killed in the naval battle with the Dutch off the Texel,
3 June 1665, the earldom devolving upon his uncle, Thomas Wes-
ton.f 5. Catherine, bapt. at Roxwell 8 June 1607; d. in Rome
22 Oct. 1645; m. Richard White of Hutton, co. Essex, Esq.,
widower (his first wife having been Anne Gray), who also d.
in Rome, s. of Richard, Esq., by his wife Mary • (Plowden) ; had
issue. 6. Thomas, fourth Earl of Portland, a Roman Catholic,
bapt. at Roxwell 9 Oct. 1609; d. s.p. at Louvain in 1688; m.
in 1667 Anne (Boteler) Blount, who d. in 1669, dau. and coheir
of John, Lord Boteler, and widow of Mountjoy Blount, Earl
of Newport; succeeded his nephew, Charles Weston, third Earl
of Portland, in 1665, being the last of the Weston family to hold
this earldom, which in 1689 was conferred by King William III
on WilUam Bentinck.J 7. Nicholas, bapt. at Roxwell 10 May
1611; d. in 1656; m. Margaret ; he was M.P. for Ports-
mouth in the Long Parliament, voted, with his brother Benjamin,
against the attainder of the Earl of Strafford, 21 Apr. 1641, and
was expelled from the House of Commons 16 Aug. 1642 for his
part in surrendering Portsmouth to the King; two daughters,
Margaret and Dorothy. 8. Frances, bapt. at Roxwell 29 Mar.
1612; m. about 1629 Philip Dray cote of Paynesley, co. Stafford,
, Esq., who d. 7 Mar. 1659, s. of John, Esq., by his wife Anne
(Fowler); their son Richard was b. 5 Nov. 1630. 9. Benjamin,
bapt. at Roxwell 4 Aug. 1614; living in 1676; d. before his brother
Thomas; m. Elizabeth (Sheldon) Villiers, who was bur. at Walton
on Thames 18 Apr. 1662, dau. of Thomas Sheldon of Howby,
CO. Leicester, Esq., and widow of Christopher Villiers, Earl of
Anglesey, who d. 3 Apr. 1630 and was brother of George ViUiers,
*The career of Richard Weston, first Earl of Portland, is given in the Dictionary of National
Biography and in Waters's The Chesters of Chicheley, vol. 1, pp. 97-99.
tFor the careers of Jerome, second Earl of Portland, and Charles, third Earl of Portland, see
Dictionary of National Biography and "Waters's The Chesters of Chicheley, vol. 1, pp. 102-105,
JThomas Weston was the owner of the estate of Skreens in Roxwell, which had come to him
from his father, but he sold it in 1635 for £8000.
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Duke of Buckingham; he was M.P. for Dover in the Long Parlia-
ment; two daughters, Anne, who d. in infancy, and EUzabeth,
who m. Sir Charles Shelley of Michelgrove, co. Sussex, Bart.,
and d. in 1695. 10. Anne, d. in Venice 10 Mar. 1634/5; m.,
being the first of his four wives, Basil Feilding, second Earl of
Denbigh, b. about 1608, d. s.p. 28 Nov. 1675, s. of William, first
Earl of Denbigh, by his wife Susan (Villiers), sister of George
yilliers, Duke of Buckingham. 11. Mary, bapt. 11 Mar. 1616;
living at the English Augustinian convent of St. Monica at
Louvain in 1658; d. unm.
iii. William, b. about 1578; living 28 Dec. 1603, when he is mentioned
in his father's will.
iv. Maet, bapt. at Roxwell 26 Apr. 1579; m. at St. Andrew's, Hol-
born, London, by licence dated 10 Feb. 1598/9, William Clerke
of St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, Gent., who was bur. at East
Farleigh, co. Kent, 12 June 1610, s. of James of East Farleigh,
Gent., by his wife Mary (Saxby). Nine children. {Vide supra,
p. 131.)
V. John, bapt. at Roxwell 27 Sept. 1581; bur. there 27 May 1583.
vi. Elizabeth, b. about 1582; m. about 1598 Nicholas Cotton of
Romford and Hornchurch, co. Essex, Esq. Children: 1. Richard,
bapt. at Roxwell 30 Sept. 1599; m. (1) ; m. (2), by licence
dated 20 Aug. 1634, Susan Quarles of Romford, co. Essex, spin-
ster, aged 28 years, dau. of Sir Robert Quarles of Romford,
Knight, and niece of Francis Quarles, the poet. 2. Jerome, bapt.
at Roxwell 11 Mar. 1607/8; living in 1634, being a pewterer, of
St. Gabriel, Fenchurch, London, at the time of his brother
Richard's second marriage.
vii. Dorothy, b. about 1584; m. Sir Edward Pinchon of Writtle,
CO. Essex, Knight, b. in 1581, d. 6 May 1625 [sic], s. of WiUiam,
Esq., by his wife Rose (Readinge), William Pinchon and Rose
Readinge having been married 19 Oct. 1575. In his nuncupative
will, declared 5 Mar. 1626 [1626/7] and proved 8 May 1627,
Sir Edward Pinchon, among other bequests, leaves £2000 to his
daughters, who are not named, to Lady Weston a ring or piece
of plate of the value of £5, to Jeremy Williams £10, and to William
Pinchon of Springfield a piece of plate of the value of £10. He
appointed his son, John Pinchon, to be executor.* He had been
knighted by King James I at Hartwell House 30 June 1603.
Children: 1. John, of Writtle, Esq., d. 30 July 1654; m. Ann
, who d. 10 May 1675; had issue. 2. Mary, m. Walter
Overbury, Esq. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Anne.
viii. Jerome, bapt. at Roxwell 12 Dec. 1585; bur. there 2 Jan. 1585/6.
ix. Winifred, bapt. at Roxwell 3 Mar. 1589/90; m. at Roxwell, 27
Aug. 1607, Richard Gardiner of Leatherhead, co. Surrey, s.
of Richard, Esq., by his wife Anne (Dethick).
X. Margaret, bapt. at Roxwell 5 Aug. 1593; m. Edward Leven-
thorpe of CO. Herts, Esq.
Freestone-Raithbeck-Thew
Contributed by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., A.M., LL.B., of Newport, R.I.
[Concluded from vol. 72, page 63]
In the Register of January 1918 abstracts of sundry English wills
and also various entries found in the parish registers of Horncastle,
*For abstract of Sir Edward Pinchon's will see Register, vol. 48, p. 252, or Waters's Gene-
alogical Gleanings in England, vol. 2, p. 856. William Pinchon of Springfield, co. Essex, who was
mentioned in Sir Edward Pinchon's will, was a son of John and Frances (Brett) Pinchon and first
cousin of Sir Edward Pinchon. He is well known as the founder of Springfield, Mass. Abstracts
of many wills of members of the Pinchon or Pynchon families and those connected with them,
together with a Pinchon pedigree, may be found in Register, vol. 48, pp. 241-263, or in Waters's
Genealogical Gleanings in England, vol. 2, pp. 845-867.
1920] Genealogical Research in England 141
CO. Lincoln, were printed, which confirmed and supplemented what
had previously been published about the English ancestry and con-
nections of the three Freestone sisters, Frances, Ann, and Elizabeth,
who emigrated to Boston, Mass., in the first decade of its existence
as an EngHsh settlement. From those records, from the pedigrees
of Freeston, Hutchinson, and Rathbecke published in ''Lincolnshire
Pedigrees" (Publications of the Harleian Society, vols. 50-52), and
from other authorities referred to below, the two following pedigrees
have been compiled.
Freestone
1. Richard Freston, of Ashby Puerorum, co. Lincoln, the testa-
tor of 1533/4 (vide Register, vol. 72, page 51), died between 16 Feb.
1533/4 and 4 May 1534. He married Agnes [? Beke], who,
with John Beke, "my brother,'^ and Elizabeth Beke, was mentioned
in his will, dated 16 Feb. 1533/4. His children, not named in his
will but under fourteen years of age when the will was made, probably
were:
2. i. Richard.
ii. Magdalene, m. before 16 Jan. 1570/1, when she is named in the
will of her brother Richard, Jonsonne.
iii. Agnes, m. before 16 Jan. 1570/1, when she is named in the will of
her brother Richard, Rye,
iv. Jennett, m. before 16 Jan. 1570/1, when she is named in the will
of her brother Richard, Wrigiite.
V. Thomas, named in the will of his brother Richard, 16 Jan. 1570/1,
according to whit;h he was to occupy ''my farm called Darbie
House . . . , paying but 13s. 4d. rent yearly and doing all
manner of reparations."
2. Richard Frestonne (? Richard), of Brinkhill, co. Lincoln,
yeoman, the testator of 1570/1 (vide Register, vol. 72, page
54), died between 16 Jan. 1570/1 and 15 May 1571. He
married first ; and secondly Anne Thew, who was
living 15 May 1571, probably daughter of Simon of Salmonby,
CO. Lincoln,* who was a son of John Thewe of Salmonby,
yeoman, the testator of 1537 (vide Register, vol. 72, page 58).
In his will, dated 16 Jan. 1570/1, he left money for the repair
of the parish churches at Ashby Puerorum and Somersby,
and among the many beneficiaries names Henry Frestonne.
He appointed his wife Anne and his son George executors, and
Thomas Frestonne was one of the witnesses.
Children by first wife :
i. Anne, living 16 Jan. 1570/1; m. Richard Dixon of Alford, co.
Lincoln, who was also living at that time. Children, all named in
their grandfather's will, 16 Jan. 1570/1, and all then under age:
1. Helene. 2. Margaret. 3. Dorcas. 4. Anne.
3. ii. George, under 21 at the date of his father's will, 16 Jan. 1570/1.
4. iii. Robert, under 15 at the date of his father's will, 16 Jan. 1570/1.
3. George Frestonne (Richard, ? Richard), of Alford, co. Lincoln,
under twenty-one at the date of his father's will, 16 Jan. 1570/1,
was buried at Alford 22 Nov. 1588. He married in the parish
of St. Peter at Gowts, in the city of Lincoln, 13 Sept. 1578,
*Cf. Lincolnshire Pedigrees, vol. 1, p. 374 {Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 50).
142 Genealogical Research in England [April
Mary Hutchinson, daughter of John of Lincoln.* She
married secondly Cuthbert, and was living 10 July
1611, when she and her sons, Richard Freeston and Nathaniel
Cuthbert, were mentioned in the will of Margery Neale, of
Horncastle, co. Lincoln, widow, who calls Mary Cuthbert her
^'cousin/'
Children, baptized af'Alford:
5. i. Richard, bapt. 19 Dec. 1579.
ii. Robert, bapt. 18 Mar. 1581/2; bur. at Alford 21 Mar. 1583/4.
iii. John, bapt. 7 Apr. 1584; bur. at Alford 14 Feb. 1585/6.
iv. Margery, bapt. 11 Sept. 1586.
4. Robert Frestonne (Richard, ? Richard), of Brinkhill and
Horncastle, co. Lincoln, was under fifteen at the date of his
father's will, 16 Jan. 1570/1. He married Frances Raithe-
BECKE, who was buried at Horncastle 17 May 1598, daughter
of Robert of . Horncastle. (Vide infra, Raithbeck pedigree,
4, V.)
Children, baptized at Horncastle:
i. Robert, of Thimbleby, co. Lincoln, M.D. (1634), bapt. 31 Mar.
1586; d. between 24 Sept. 1638, the date of his will, and 12 Nov.
1638, when his will was proved ;t m. Mary Spicer, who was living
at Thimbleby, a widow, in Oct. 1640,$ dau. of Thomas of Marston,
CO. Bedford. Children: 1. Frances, aged 16 years in 1634.
2. Robert, aged 11 years in 1634. 3. Thomas, aged 8 years in 1634;
bur. at Horncastle 24 Dec. 1685; m, Grace , who was bur.
at Horncastle 15 Sept. 1677; six children. § 4. Matthew, aged 6
years in 1634;
ii. Margery, bapt. 18 June 1587; bur. at Horncastle 23 June 1626;
m. her first cousin, Richard Freeston (5), q. v., s, of George and
Mary (Hutchinson).
iii. Anne, bapt. 22 Feb. 1589/90; m. John Broxholme of Nether
Toynton, co. Lincoln,
iv. Troth, bapt. 9 Sept. 1592; bur. at Horncastle 17 Apr. 1596.
V. Faith, bapt. 2 Sept. 1594; bur. at Horncastle 14 Apr. 1596.
vi. Mary, bapt. 23 Jan. 1596/7.
vii. Troth, bapt. 5 Mar. 1597/8; bur. at Horncastle 26 Dec. 1598.
5. RiCHAED Freeston (George, Richard, ? Richard), of Horncastle,
CO. Lincoln, woolen draper, baptized at Alford, co. Lincoln,
19 Dec. 1579, was buried at Horncastle 4 Jan. 1627/8. He
married his first cousin, Margery Frestonne (4, ii), baptized
at Horncastle 18 June 1587, buried at Horncastle 23 June
1626, daughter of Robert and Frances (Raithebecke) of Horn-
castle. Evidence of the marriage of Richard Freeston is found
in the letter of attorney given by his daughter, Elizabeth
Freestone (Lechford's Note-Book, pp. 327-328), for which
see Register, vol. 72, p. 51.
Children, baptized at Horncastle:
i. George, bapt. 24 Aug. 1606.
ii. Frances, bapt. 3 Apr. 1608; bur. at Horncastle 12 Sept. 1608.
iii. Susanna, bapt. 19 Mar. 1608/9.
*Cf. Register, vol. 20, p. 358, and Lincolnshire Pedigrees, loc. cit.
fin his will he directed that he should be buried in Horncastle church.
JLettei- of attorney in Lechford's Note-Book, pp. 327-328, reproduced in Registeb, vol. 72,
p. 51.
§ For these children see Lincolnshire Pedigrees, vol. 1, p. 375.
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iv. Frances, bapt. 13 Oct. 1610; emigrated to New England, where
she was admitted to the church in Boston 28 Dec. 1634; d. in
Boston 17 Feb. 1645/6; m. Valentine Hill of Boston, who d. in
1662.* Children: 1. Hannah, bapt. 17 Mar. 1638/9; m. 24 Jan.
1659/60 Antipas Boyce. 2. John, b. 1 Sept. 1640; d. young.
3. Elizabeth, b. 12 Dec 1641; d. 9 Apr. 1643. 4. Joseph (twin),
b. 19 June 1644; d. young. 5. Benjamin (twin), b. 19 June 1644;
d. young.
V. Robert, bapt. 27 Oct. 1612.
vi. Mart, bapt. 25 Apr. 1614; d. before 26 Oct. 1640.
vii. Ann, bapt. 12 Nov. 1615; emigrated to New England, where she was
admitted to the church in Boston 9 Nov. 1634.
viii. Gamaliel, bapt. 28 Sept. 1617; m. Susan . Child: 1.
Susanna, bapt. at Grimsby, co. Lincoln, 27 Jan. 1641/2.
ix. Elizabeth, bapt. 17 Oct. 1619; emigrated to New England, where
she gave the letter of attorney which has been preserved in Lech-
ford's Note-Book and is reproduced in Register, vol. 72, p. 51;
m. about 1642 Robert Turner of Boston, who came in the
Blessing from London in 1635, aged 24, and d. between 14 Aug.
1651, the date of his will, and 3 Dec. 1651, when his will was proved.
Five children. t
Raithbeck
1. Rathbecke, probably of Horncastle, co. Lincoln, was
the father of
2. i. Thomas, b. about 1520.
3. ii. William, mentioned in his brother Thoma,s's will.
2. Thomas Rathebecke, son of No. 1, of Horncastle, co. Lincoln,
yeoman, the testator of 26 Oct. 1575, born about 1520, was
buried at Horncastle 31 Oct. 1575. He married first ;
and secondly, at Horncastle, 13 June 1575, Dorothy ( )
(Hutchinson) Hunter, who survived him, and in her will,
dated 31 Jan. 1591/2 and proved 5 Apr. 1592 {vide Register,
vol. 72, page 57), suppHes much important information on the
connections between the Hutchinson, Freestone, and Neale
families. She had married first William Hutchinson, citizen
and alderman of the city of Lincoln, whose will, dated 4 Jan.
1556/7, was proved 6 Mar. 1556/7 {vide Register, vol. 51,
page 118, or Waters's Genealogical Gleanings in England, vol.
2, p. 1260), and by him she had six children ;t secondly, at
Horncastle, 17 Aug. 1562, Robert Hunter of Horncastle; and
thirdly Thomas Rathebecke, who bequeathed to her the house-
hold stuff and all manner of things that she had brought with
her and also appointed her his full executor during her life.
Her sons Christopher Hutchinson and Thomas Hutchinson
were to be joint executors of his will after her death. Thomas
Rathebecke left a considerable estate, including silver plate,
twenty ''silver spoons of the Apostles/'* and mills and lands
lying in five different parishes.
Children by first wife:
*Valentine Hill married (2) Mary Eaton, and had children by her. Cf. Savage's Genealogical
Dictionary of New England, vol. 2, p. 420.
tCf. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 48, pp. 265, 268, 273-274.
JCf. Register, vol. 20, p. 356, and Lincolnshire Pedigrees, vol. 2, pp. 535-536j(Pu6Zicaiions of
the Harleian Society, vol. 51). _
144 Genealogical Research in England [April
4. i. Robert, probably b. at Horncastle about 1542.
5. ii. James.
3. William Rathebecke, son of No. 1, was living 26 Oct. 1575,
when he was mentioned in the will of his brother Thomas.
Child:
6. i. Thomas.*
4. Robert Raithebecke (Thomas), of Horncastle, co. Lincoln,
draper, the testator of 9 Apr. 1571, probably born at Horn-
castle about 1542, died before his ifather, and was buried at
Horncastle 11 Apr. 1571. He married, probably about 1561,
Margaret Hutchinson, daughter of William and Dorothy
( ) of Lincoln, and his wife's mother became later,
after his death, the second wife of his father (vide supra, 2).
Margaret (Hutchinson) Raithebecke survived her husband
and married secondly, at Horncastle, 14 July 1572, Francis
Shaw.
That Robert Raithebecke's wife was Margaret Hutchinson
is evident from passages in several wills. In his own will
(vide Register, vol. 72, page 56) Robert Raithebecke mentions
Margaret, his wife, "my brother and my sister Neale," and
also ''John Neale, my brother-in-law;" and this will was made
more than four years before Margery Neale 's mother was
married to the testator's father, so that the "brother" and
"sister" Neale mentioned were not the stepbrother and step-
sister of the testator. Dorothy ( ) (Hutchinson) (Hunter)
Raithbeck, widow of Thomas Raithebecke (the father of
Robert), in her will dated 31 Jan. 1591/2 and proved 5 Apr.
1592 (vide Register, vol. 72, page 57), mentions Thomas
Raithbecke, Ann Hammerton, and Frauncis Freestone, who
were children of Robert Raithebecke and her own grand-
children, if Robert's wife was her daughter; and she also men-
tions, among others, her daughter "Margerye Neall," Robert
Raithbeck, "sone to James Raithbeck" (and therefore her
third husband's grandson), the children of Robert Freestone,
who was the husband of Robert Raithebecke's daughter
Frances, and her (the testatrix's) son [i. e., son-in-law] John
Neall. Robert Freestone and Thomas Hammerton were
appointed supervisors of her will, and John Neale was one of
the executors. John Neall, of Horncastle, tanner, the husband
of Margery (Hutchinson) Neale, in his will dated 31 Aug. 1594
and proved 11 Feb. 1594/5 (vide Register, vol. 51, page 121,
or Waters's Genealogical Gleanings in England, vol. 2, page
1262), bequeathed to Robert Freestone, Thomas Raithebecke,
and Thomas Hamerton, among others, and "to every of their
wives." Margery (Hutchinson) Neale, of Horncastle, widow,
sister of Margaret (Hutchinson) Raithebecke, in her will dated
10 July 1611 and proved 10 May 1613 (ih.), mentions among
others Anne Hamerton, "my niece," and her son Nicholas,
*ln Lincolnshire Pedigrees, vol. 3, p. 813, this Thomas is given erroneously as a son of Thomas
Rathebecke (2).
1920] Genealogical Research in England 145
Robert Freestones son Robert and daughters Margery (" my god
daughter"), Anne, and Mary, and Thomas Rathbecke, "my
late nephew^s son," and his sister Margaret. It is to be noted
that neither John Neall nor his widow Margery mentioned in
their wills the children of James Raithebecke, Robert's brother,
as they would probably have done if the children of James had
been as nearly related to the testators as the children of Robert.
Now Margaret Hutchinson, daughter of Wilham and Dorothy
and sister of Margery (Hutchinson) Neale, was, according to
her father's will, unmarried and under twenty-one years of
age on 4 Jan. 1556/7. She is not otherwise accounted for, and
was undoubtedly the Margaret who became the wife of Robert
Raithebecke, whose first child, according to the records thus
far discovered, was baptized 24 May 1562.
Children, baptized at Horncastle:
i. Thomas, bapt. 24 May 1562; bur. at Horncastle 22 Sept. 1562.
ii. Robert, bapt. 26 June 1563; mentioned in the will of his paternal
grandfather in 1575; bur. at Horncastle 22 Feb. 1590/1.
iii. Anne, bapt. 21 July 1564; bur. at Horncastle 2 Feb. 1611/12; m. at
Horncastle, 1 Dec. 1582, Thomas Hamerton of Horncastle, draper.
iv. Thomas, of Horncastle, yeoman, bapt. 13 Feb. 1567/8; mentioned
in the wills of his paternal grandfather in 1575 and his maternal
grandmother, Dorothy ( ) (Hutchinson) (Hunter) Raith-
beck, 31 Jan. 1591/2; bur. at Horncastle 7 Feb. 1594/5;* m.
Frances , who m. (2) at Horncastle, 12 Oct. 1596, John
Norton. Children: 1. Margaret, bapt. at Horncastle 14 Oct.
1593; bur. there 8 Aug. 1620; m. there, 20 Jan. 1617/18, Daniel
Bristowe. 2. Thomas, bapt. at Horncastle 23 Feb. 1594/5;
m. at Woodhall, co. Lincoln (licence dated 17 May 1616), Martha
Tooley, aged 16, according to the marriage licence,! dau. of
Francis of Woodhall, Esq. ; their son Thomas was bapt. at Langton
by Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 10 Feb. 1623/4.
V. Frances, bur. at Horncastle 17 May 1598; m. Robert Frestonne
of Brinkhill and Horncastle (vide supra. Freestone pedigree, 4),
son of Richard of Brinkhill, co. Lincoln.
vi. John, bapt. and bur. at Horncastle 18 Dec. 1571.
5. James Raithebecke (Thomas), merchant of the Staple, was
buried at Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 20 May 1588. | He married
at Horncastle, 24 Apr. 1570, Katherine Pagett, who sur-
vived him and married secondly, at Horncastle, 22 Dec. 1588,
Robert Eldrod, who was buried at Horncastle 28 July 1608.
According to the will of his father, dated 26 Oct. 1575, James
Raithbecke was to have '^the occupation of my mills and of
one close called the Howlmes, taking the profits during the
years of my lease, if he live so long, and paying the lord's rent
and yearly the legacies given to Dorothie, my wife, out of the
said mills.''
Children, baptized at Horncastle:
i. Robert, of Horncastle, bapt. 25 Aug. 1575; mentioned 31 Jan.
1591/2 in the will of his grandfather's widow, Dorothy Raithbeck;
m. at Horncastle, 12 Apr. 1597, Elizabeth Peake, who m. (2) at
•According to Lincolnshire Pedigrees, vol. 3, p. 813 (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 52),
his will was dated 23 Jan. 1594/5 and proved 2 Apr. 1595.
fLincoln Marriage Licences, p. 65.
JAccording to Lincolnshire Pedigrees, loc. cit., his will was dated 10 Mar. 1587/8 and proved
20 May 1588.
146 .Letters from James and Joanna Sampson [April
Horncastle, 27 Aug. 1616, Thomas Morrison of Tattershall, co.
Lincoln, gent, (in the marriage licence, dated 26 Aug. 1616, his
age is given as 29 years and her age as 40 years*), and was bur.
at Horncastle 8 Dec. 1619. Children: 1. Robert, bapt. at Horn-
castle 31 Mar. 1598; bur. there 5 June 1598. 2. Robert, bapt.
at Horncastle 19 Aug. 1599; bur. ther&Sl Aug. 1599.
ii. Bridget, bapt. 21 Oct. 1577; m. at Horncastle, 13 Feb. 1598/9,
CuTHBERT Dent.
iii. William, bapt. 11 Jan. 1578/9; bur. at Horncastle, as "Mr. William
Raithbeck," 21 Mar. 1604/5.
iv. James, bapt. 18 May 1582.
V. Ann, bapt. 6 May 1584; bur. at Horncastle 20 July 1586.
vi. Edward, bapt. 6 Apr. 1588; bur. at Horncastle 8 Oct. 1588.
6. Thomas Rathebecke {William), mentioned in the will of Thomas
Rathebecke of Horncastle, co. Lincoln, dated 26 Oct. 1575, as
the son of the testator's brother William, was buried at Horn-
castle 8 Aug. 1579. He married first, at Horncastle, 15 May
1563, Margaret Porter; and secondly, at Horncastle, 18
Nov. 1571, Isabella More, who survived him and married
secondly, at Horncastle, 25 Apr. 1583, Robert Unton.
The following, recorded at Horncastle, were probably chil-
dren of Thomas Rathebecke, and in that case the first two were
certainly by his first wife and the last two by his second wife :
i. John, bapt. 6 Oct. 1565.
ii. Thomas, bur. 20 June 1571.
iii. Emeta, bur. 24 Jan. 1574/5.
iv. William, bapt. 24 Nov. 1576.
V. Elizabeth, bapt. 18 Nov. 1578.
[To be continued]
LETTERS FROM JAMES AND JOANNA SAMPSON
IN ENGLAND, 1711, 1730/1
Communicated by Miss Cuara Carroll ELewins of Dedham, Mass.f
According to a communication from Mrs. Charles L. Alden
(Register, vol. 43, page 325) Lewis Sweeting of Somersetshire,
England, had sons Lewis and Henry, one or both of whom took
part in Monmouth's Rebellion. The two brothers escaped from
England and settled at Rehoboth, Mass., where Lewis died 7 Apr.
1725 and Henry died 8 Apr. 1728. Henry Sweeting married first,
probably in England, Joanna , who was buried at Rehoboth
6 Sept. 1687; and secondly Martha ■ — , who died at Rehoboth
19 1708. By his first wife he had a daughter Mary, born prob-
ably in England, died at Rehoboth 18 Aug. 1738, who married (in-
tention recorded at Rehoboth 16 Oct. 1708) Noah^ Mason, born
at Rehoboth 17 Dec. 1678, died there 29 Aug. 1744, son of Noah^
*Lincoln Marriage Licenses, p. 58.
fThe Editor assumes full responsibility for all statements in the introductory paragraphs and
in the footnotes.
1920] Letters from James and Joanna Sampson 147
(SampsonO and his second wife, Sarah (Fitch), and also a daughter
Joanna, who was born at Rehoboth 29 Aug. 1687 and, as the follow-
ing letters show, married in England, 27 Mar. 1711, James Sampson.
Henry Sweeting also had issue by his second wife.*
The letters given below were written from England by James
Sampson and his wife Joanna to their brother and sister Mason at
Rehoboth, and contain much interesting information about the
English life and the family connections of the writers. The first
two letters were written on the two halves of one sheet of paper.
The three letters formerly belonged to Miss Esther A. Mason of
Providence, R. I., now deceased, a granddaughter of Mason Barney,
a shipbuilder, in a table drawer in whose house at North Swansea,
Mass., the third letter was found.
My Dear Bror & Sister Mason
I have a gratefuU remembrance of ye many favours rec^ at your hands,
(especially from you my very dear Sister w" I was at Bristol,) and I now
acquaint you that with great joy I read (in your letter to my Dearest, your
very good Sister) the account of yo^ safe arivall, tho' after so long & troubl-
some a Voiage, I Sympathize with you in the Greif you met with from your
bad company, and am Glad to find that any of the Goods you Bo* sold to
Advantage.
We followed yo^ Direction viz to take up the 20£ you had in Grand-
mothers hands, and have laid it out in Gardes, but could not do it soon eno'
to send e'm by Capt Everton. We have desired my Bro^ Richard to buy e'm
at Bristol fair, and that he might not err Serena gave him a Garde (She
borrow'd) for a Pattern, when he was here the other week: I heartily wish
they may go Safe & also sell for good Profitt. You may be assur'd at yo^
request I shall be ready to do any thing for you that's within the Verge of my
Power.
We have order'd the Gardes to be sent either to Boston or Road
Island by any Ship Mr Bodenham knows the Gapt of to be a honest man;
if to Boston then to be left with M^ Ellis Kallender, and if to Road Island,
then with M^ John Kallender in Swansey, but if no Ship now at Bristol is
going to one of ye above nam'd places then to be sent in the Hopewell, Gapt
Vir commander, wherein Goz: Burroughs and his Familey goes, by whom
this comes, and also the Bonnets, and have desired him to send all by a Ship
from Pensilvania either to Boston or Road Island directed as above.
Serena & I sent two letters to [worn, ? her] Hon^^ Father, in May
last which I hope came safe to hand, at least one of e'm, for they were of one
import, to wit. that we were Married the 27<^h of March last, and that ye
29*h we went for Exon, and were at Exon when ye letters were writ. I came
from thence often to Preach here, but we did not come to settle at Dunstert
till the 2d of June, and then my Mother came with us & tarried here a fort-
night. My Sister once before came here with us when we rid over to see
Grandmo at. Whitsuntide, she being at that time very weak, but hath re-
• cover'd since, and been well considering her Age, tho' at times disorders have
attended, but now through Mercy she is in pretty good Health, and re-
members to Father & you.
Blessed be the Lord our meeting increaseth here. Sarah Bartlet was
Baptised ye 2^ instant by Mr Whinnel, who Preacht and Administerd the
Lords Supper ye let whiles I was at Taunton in his place. The 9<^h instant
•Cf. Arnold's Vital Record of Rehoboth, and, for the Mason family, Mason's Genealogy of the
Sampson Mason Family, 1902.
tDunster is in Somersetshire, on the coast of the Bristol Channel, twenty miles northwest from
Taunton.
VOL. LXXIV. 10
148 Letters from James and Joanna Sampson [April
we went to Taunton with the Widow Slocomb, and she was then Baptized by
Mr Whinnel. M^ Slocomb died the 22d May, and the 26tti I Preach'd his
Funeral Sermon, just after he was Inter'd, from Job 5. 26 and thou shalt come
to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. A text
of his own chusing. Many persons of all sorts but Quakers attended the
meeting. M^ Caleb Spurrier is much reform'd, and we hope 'twill not be
long before he will be Baptized. Young M^ Bampton and his wife of late
have frequented our Meeting, especially she, and others of the Town now
and then, since Mr Slocombs funeral. But M^ Blackford and Mr Kymer do
what they can to prevent persons leaving the Church, tho' poor M^ Kymer
hath been weak above these 3 months and I think han't Preach'd more than
twice, so that at Church there's nothing but Prayers, unless at a Certain time
when they get one from abroad to Preach.
We live in the House where Mj" Spurrier Senior did. Our people seem
very kind, and are willing to do what they can for us, they have sub-
scrib'd to give me £24: 10: W annum. I have undertaken some business of
selling wool, but all Unkles Balls promises to me of Assistance are just come
to nought. I have writ you more particularly thereof in a letter dated the
24tii instant, so that we must look to ourselves and I hope by Divine blessing
we shall live comfortably. My Bro^ Richard will sell at Exon what Wool I
can have from Ireland, he hath sold a good parcell of Wool and Oyle already,
which I bot at Mynhead,* to Advantage, and saith he thinks he can dispose
of an hundred Packs a Year. I hope both you and we shall take care to
Live, 'tis our duty to be Diligent in Business, but yet we shou'd cast our Care,
yea all our Care upon the Lord, for then He careth for us. None can add one
Cubit to his Stature by taking tho't, therefore we ought to commit all into
his Hands who hath the Care of the whole Univers, but especially of his own
Children. Let us remember Religion reacheth thro' our whole lives, and that
as we must not be Slothf uU in Business so we must be fervent in Spirit Serving
the Lord. My dear Bro^ & Sister, let not the affairs of this life hinder you
from minding Cheifiy that which is to come. And that you may always be
Heavenly & Spiritual, take heed to be instant and faithfull in Prayer, each in
your Closets, and also every day Pray to the Lord together, and ever be
Zealous for his publick Worship, Psa: 87. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of
Zion more then all the Dwelings of Jacob. My humbe Duty to our Hon^d
Father, Dear Love to the rest of my Bro^s & Sisters tho' unknown. I
remaine,
Yor affectionate Bro^'
Dunster July 26 1711 James Sampson
Post Script My Dearest imagins you'll admire who I mean by
Serena, but I am not of her mind for I think the name belongs to her, for I
know none deserves the name better than her self, and perhaps you may be of
the same opinion for you know if she's well she is pleasant & Clear & Calm.
My very Dear Sister
Yours of the 17 Jenuary 1710/11 came to hand about the 19 or 20*^
of may last. I desire still to praise the Lord that you got well home tho'
through' many Dangers my Dear Sister let us endeavour always to keep a .
deep sence of the Divine goodness upon our Hearts that wee may be more
and more led to repentence, for 'tis those that morn shall be comforted.
Sorrow for sin & joy in the Lord is not inconsistant even at the same time. I
thought meet to observe your order to take up the 20£ of Grand mother, and
if I had not done it the very day I did, I presume unlde Ball would have hinder
Grand mother from paying it because you did not send over the note you had
under Grand mothers hand, but it being paid you are now by me for their
sattisfaction, desired to send me the note by the first opportunity.
*Mmehead, co. SomerBet, on the Bristol Channel, a short distance northwest from Dunster.
1920] Letters from James and Joanna Sampson 149
As to Mr Sampson he is become my very Dear Husband, I was mar-
ried to him the 27^^ of march last I was by his soft and gentle methods
together with some Scriptures that followed me brought to consent, and now I
veryly think 'twas of the Lord that wee came together, wee live like two
Doves, my fears are vanished his Parents & all his Relation & friends were
and are viery kind to me, yea I think rather more tender of me than our
Relations here, as to what Grand mother did for me and the setlements I
referr you to the Letters I sent our Honoured Father last may. Grand
mother hath since our marriage made her Will or unkle Ball for her, but
neither of us know any thing of it nor can wee find any person else knows
besides them.
I Heartily thank you for your presents of the Bonnets but I crave
leave to tell you that I wish you had sent me a Presbeterean Bonnet, and I
can't think Mr Savins [?] daughter will like [w;orn]at you have sent for her
therefore I have sent them both againe and desire that you will send me three
Presbetereans ones that is like Sister Esther one for Mr Sampson sister
another for Mrs Savins & one for my self, let them be the best and large,
the 10£ I have of yours in my hand you may have remitted how and when
you please. . . . my husband is very kind and tender of me, and can't say
but he hath been and is rather better then he promised, and therefore far
beyond what my unbeleiving Heart [w;or7i] jested to me. all my linen and
cloths that was my Dear mother. I desire might be given you and the rest
of my linen & cloths I desire might be given to my other sisters equall shall of
[sic] and that my little sister anna I desire may have my pilion & cloth,
my humble duty to our Hon^d Father Dear respects to you & Brother & my
Dear respects to all the rest of my Brothers & Sisters & to my friends as if
name [sic] one by one. I remaine your affectionate Sister
Joanna Sampson
Mr. Jsick[worn, ? Jackson & I] have sent many letters to each other & he
have been a good friend to me in all my affares : I see him at Exon this spring
he & his wife & child are all well
Dunster July 27 1711 Sister lewes & her daughter gives
pray let me hear from you all as their respects to you
often as you can Sister Bishop gives her love to you
Mrs huper gives servis to you
Bror Mason
Last Year I rec^ yo^s dated Augs* 6. 1729. from Boston and Sent you
my Thanks for yo^ Kindness ^hown in going thither, that you might get a
Bill for the twenty five Pounds given us on our Hon^d Father Sweeting's
Will, and the Value of the Plate. We hope the gracious Lord who loveth
Faithfullness will reward you. It wou'd be a Comfort to us if we were nearer
to you, but the great God who has determined the Bounds of our Habitations,
Seems to have fixt our abode in this Town, tho' we have had our many Afflic-
tions here yet hope have been enabled to serve his WiU in our Generation,
and he has been pleas'd to Settle in a Business, whereby there's a Prospect of
having our daly Bread, for wcii we desire to bless his holy Name. Our last
Child call'd Thomas died in December 1729. Our eldest Son Richard is
gone for East India, we have only two living with us, viz James & Joanna,
wch are promising Children, and give their Duty to their Uncle & Aunt &c.
Last Year we wrote you an Order by Capt. Jno Talamy that you wou'd be
pleas'd to pay him what was due to us, whom we think to be a faithfuU Man,
and expected on his Return Shou'd have not fail'd of receiving it, but he
sales, that tho' he carefully Sent our Letter to you and also one for Bro^ Jno
Sweeting the Executor, and another for Sister Hunt, with Direction where to
Speak with him, yet he neither heard from nor Saw either of you, wc^ we
think very Strange because you wrote all was in yo^ Hand, and ready to be
150 Inscriptions at Bakers field, Vt. [April
paid forthwith to our Order. This comes therefore with our earnest desire
and punctual Order that you will not fail to pay the Said twenty five Pounds
to the Said M^ Jno Talainy, and also the true Value of the Plate, or otherwise
Send the Plate it Self by him, for unto him we have entirely committed the
Care of the whole, and he has promised to act for us, as for himself. He will
take Care to Send you a Line Seasonabl}^, where and when you niay Speak
with him. We beg you will take particular Care in this Affair, that w^e may
not be disappointed this Year also. You know Faithfullness was Shown in
making you the Remittance of near two Hundred Pounds given you by our
good Grandmo Attkins. Therefore if any more than whats mention'd Ap-
pears to be our due 'tis hoped you will remitt it by the Said Mr Tallamy, for
we doubt not of his bringing it all (if The good Lord Sends him Safe Home)
In our next wch we intend to Send by his Hand, you may have more Particu-
lars, concerning any Thing omitted in this. We tender you & our good Sister
yor Spouse & all yo^ Children our Sincere Love, and to all our Bro^s &
Sisters &c and remaine
Yor loving Bror & Sister
Tiverton* Jany 19th, 1730/I. James Sampson
Joanna Sampson
[Address on outside of letter]
RM 1/9
To Mr Noah Mason
at Rehoboth in New England
These
I
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE TOWN CEMETERY
AT THE VILLAGE OF BAKERSFIELD, VT.
Copied and communicated by Herbert Williams Denio, A.M.,
of New York City
The town of Bakersfield is situated in the eastern part of Franklin
County, Vt., fifteen miles east from St. Albans, the shire town. It
is bounded on the north by the town of Enosburg, on the east by
Avery's Gore and the town of Waterville, on the south by the town
of Fletcher, and on the west by the town of Fairfield. In January
1791 a charter for 10,000 acres of land in what is now Bakersfield
was issued by the State of Vermont to Luke Knowlton, who in the
following month sold this grant to Joseph Baker for 500 pounds
lawful money. In 1792 the town of Smithfield, containing 23,000
acres, which had been chartered by New Hampshire in 1763, f was
dismembered by Vermont, and a part of it was joined to Knowlton's
grant and was named Bakersfield, the remainder constituting a
large part of the town of Fairfield.
Joseph Baker settled in 1789 or 1790 in the region afterwards
included in the town that bore his name. Among the earliest settlers
there were Jonathan J'arnsworth, Stephen Maynard, Baker's son-
in-law, Jonas Brigham, Jeremiah Pratt, and Luke Potter, all coming
*Tiverton is in Devonshire, fourteen miles north from Exeter.
■j In 1775 New York granted about the same tract of land to other proprietors.
1920] Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. 151
from southern Vermont or Massachusetts. These all died and were
buried in Bakersfield, and some of their descendants are still living
in the town. Other early settlers were Thomas Barnes, Elisha
Parker, Silas Hazeltine, Amory Parker, William Perkins, Ebenezer
Williams, Amos Town, Eben Barlow, Joseph Wilkinson, and Azariah
Corse. Gravestones of members of all these families are in the town
cemetery.
In 1796 there were twenty freemen, legal voters, in the town.
In 1799 thirteen more voters had qualified. In 1800 forty new
families moved into the town. The population to-day is about 1100.
The first death in the town was that of Isaac Freeman Farnsworth,
in 1798; the second, that of Elisha P, Pratt, a boy of eleven years,
in the same year.
The land for the town cemetery was given by Joseph Baker, who
also gave the ' 'Common" adjoining it on the west, near the south
end of the village. About 1865 the cemetery was extended by
purchase towards the east. By the will of Peter Bent Brigham, a
native of the town, who in his youth had gone to Boston to seek
his fortune and who died in 1877, the town received a gift of S 10,000,
the income of which is to be used in caring for the cemetery in which
his parents were buried. This restriction, therefore, prevents the
expenditure of any of the income in caring for any other cemetery.
Before this time the cemetery had presented the usual appearance
of a New England burying ground; but, on the acceptance of this
gift by the town, the task of improvement was begun. Weeds and
overgrown shrubbery were removed, most of the trees were cut
down, the ground was levelled, lot fences and footstones were taken
away, paths and driveways were gravelled, flowers and shrubs were
planted, and trees were set out along the paths and fence. Later
the old portion of the cemetery was extended southwards, and the
highway was properly located. The Common, which in the years
immediately preceding had been used chiefly for ball games and cir-
cuses, was fenced in and planted with flowers by the town, and was
brought into harmony with the cemetery. The cemetery is now
well cared for, the grass is cut with hand lawn mowers, and an
attractive appearance has been given to the whole enclosure.
Of late years not a few French Canadians — for the cemetery is
free to all residents of the town — have selected this place for the
burial of members of their families, for they know that the grounds
will always be cared for. In another part of the village there is a
Roman Catholic cemetery, opened about 1865, the care of which
devolves upon the owners of the individual lots. The town ceme-
tery at East Bakersfield, the inscriptions in which were printed
in the Register of July 1919 (vol. 73, pp. 186-188), has, perhaps,
not been used for interments for more than forty years.* Many
former residents of the district known as ''Egypt," in the west part
'In Register, vol. 73, p. 186, it was stated that "the inscription of latest certain date" in the
East Bakersfield cemetery was that of Benjamin Upton, who died 1 Jan. 1877. It has been
ascertained, however, that the date on the gravestone of Daphne C, wife of H. W. Dunham, of
which, on account of the breaking of the stone, only the word "June" was legible, was originally
"June 11, 1877," and therefore .Daphne C. Dunham was the last person to be buried in that
cemetery for whom there is a gravestone.
152 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [April
of the town, are buried in a cemetery just across the town line, in
Fairfield.
The following inscriptions were copied verbatim in August 1917
from the monuments and gravestones found in the town cemetery
adjoining the Common at Bakersfield. They were revised in August
1918, when a few additions were made to the copy. Except for
the earliest burials, or when it is otherwise stated, it may be under-
stood that most of the persons buried in this cemetery were born in
the town, and it is believed that all persons buried out of town for
whom inscriptions exist in this cemetery have been indicated
below in the proper places. Material enclosed in brackets has been
taken from the death records in the oflSce of the town clerk, and care
has been taken to give the exact spellings of names and the exact
dates as found in the town records, although the exact forms of the
entries have not been reproduced. These death records kept by
the town begin in 1857, but for a number of years they are not
complete. Since 1903 they consist of the official reports of the attend-
ing physicians, bound in annual volumes. Statements in footnotes
signed m.l.s. are given on the authority of Mr. Merritt L. Start,
who has been superintendent of the cemetery grounds since 1883.
Statements in other footnotes are made by the contributor.
Hattie dau. of Bartlett N. & Ann F. Adams, died Dec. 14, 1862, JE. 2 y's
2 Mo.
Ezra Allen, Died Feb. 2, 1851, Aged 65 yrs.
Henry Allen Died Sept. 1, 1854. aged 31 y'rs.
John C. Allen Died Dec. 21st 1835. Aged 27 years.
Also Maria daughter of Ezra & Lydia Allen. Died Dec. 9th 1819.
Aged 9 years.
Lydia M. daughter of Ezra & Lydia R. Allen, died Sept. 8, 1854 M. 27 Y'rs.
Lydia R. Ross Wife of Ezra Allen, died May 31, 1873, JE. 83 y'rs & 10 mo's.
Martha Allen, Died Oct. 2, 1868. M. 56 Yrs. 6 ms.
Nathan Allen, Died Oct. 1, 1811. aged 24 yrs.
Persis G. Allen daughter of Thomas & SaUy AUen died Sept. 4th 1804. M.
2 years & 8 mos.
Sarah J. Dau. of John & J. Anderson, Died Oct. 20, 1882, M. 19 y'rs & 8
mos. [Dau. of John and Jane (Robinson) Anderson, b. in Ireland, single.)
Erected by R. J. Fraser.
F. Jennie Martin Wife of L. E. Armington, Born at Montgomery Vt. Dec.
18, 1848, Died at St. Albans, June 3, 1870.
Fanny P. wife of N. H. Armington died March 14, 1840 in her 31 year*
Fanny Shattuck Wife of N. H. Armington.f Born in Bakersfield Oct. 22,
1821. Died in St. Albans Mar 20, 1875.
Children of W. A. & L. L. Austin
Bessie G. Died May 18, 1889. M. 9 Ms.
Mae R. Died Feb. 9, 1895 M. 9 Ms.
Austin
W. A. Austin. 1857-
His Wife Lottie L. Smith 1856-
Children
Gertrude M. 1882-
• Her husband, N. H. Armington, is buried in the same lot, but no gravestone indicates his
grave.
t This N. H. Armington, who is still living, is a son of N. H. and Fanny P. Armington. See
preceding inscription.
1920] Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. 153
Fanny E. 1883-1908
Myra E. 1885-
Bessie G. 1888-1889
Glenn A. 1891-
Mae R. 1894-1895
Fanny E.*
Albert Ayers Died Nov. 8, 1907 M. 79 Yrs. [Son of Benjamin and Salie
(Barnes) Ayers, b. in Bakersfield, Dec. 6, 1828.]
Sarah Stanhope Wife of Albert Ayers Died July 8, 1891 M. 59 Yrs
[Dau. of Levitt and Sylvia Stanhope, b. in Windsor, Vt., a. 58 years.]
Harriet M. Wife of A. C. Ayers Died Apr. 3, 1862, M. 31 Yrs. [Dau. of Wm.
H. and Harriett (Davidson) Perkins, b. and d. in Bakersfield.]
HolHs Ayers Died Oct. 1, 1859. M. 26 Yrs. 28 Ds. [Son of James and Sally
Ayers, b. and d. in Bakersfield, d. Sept. 24, 1859, single.]
James Ayers Died Oct. 2, 1863, M. 72 Ys. [Son of Thomas and Sally Ayers,
b. in West Brookfield, Mass., a. 71 years, 10 months.]
Marjory [Ayers] f
Mary Jane Wife of A. C. Ayers, Died Nov. 19, 1855. Aged 24 Years.
Mary Tenny Wife of A. C. Ayers Died Dec. 6, 1858. M. 26 Yrs. [Mary
Tenney, dau. of Wm. H. and Harriett (Davison) Perkins, a. 26 years and
7 days.]
Metcalf Ayers Died Nov. 9, 1877. M. 79 Y'rs. [Son of Joseph and Ruth
Ayers, b. at Brookfield, Mass., a. 79 years, 10 months, 14 days.]
Melinda Ayers Died Aug. 6, 1891. M. 83 Y'rs. [Dau. of Jonas and
Eunice Brigham, a. 85 years, 3 months, 21 days, death caused by
broken hip.]
Horace Farwell Died Jan. 28, 1896. M. 75 Y'rs. [Son of Ezra and
Harriet (Maynard) Farwell, a. 73 years, 12 days.]
Matilda Farwell Died Dec. 31, 1875. M. 46 Y'rs. [Dau. of Metcalf
and Melinda (Brigham) Ayers, a. 46 years, 3 months, 19 days.]t
Sarah Hastings Wife of James Ayers. Died June 27, 1888, M. 87 years.
EUzabeth Wright Wife of Joseph Baker. Died May 26, 1881. M. 76 Y'rs &
26 Days. [Dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright, b. in Shorham, Vt.]
Eunice B. Wife of Joseph Baker. Died Sept. 13, 1835 M. 39 Y's 2 mo. &
28 ds.
In Memory of John Baker, who died March 6th 1825 in the 66th year of his
age.
Joseph Baker Died Sept. 28, 1867, M. 79 ys & 8 ms. [Son of Samuel and
Hannah Baker, b. in Templeton, Mass., d. in Bakersfield.]
Esther J. Wife of James N. Ballard Died in Bakersfield: Vt. Nov. 30, 1897.
M. 52 Y'rs. 9 M's. & 5 d's. [Ester Jane, dau. of John and Caroline Blake,
a. 52 years, 9 months, 25 days.]
In Memory of Adeline wife of Azariah Bangs, who died March 19. 1828,
aged 25 years & 8 months.
Azariah Bangs, Died Mar. 7, 1875, M. 77 Yrs & 3 ms.
Irena. Wife of Dea. Azariah Bangs Died Feb. 17, 1869. M. 59 yrs & 10 mo.
[Dau. of Thomas and Roxana (Cobleigh) Burby, b. in Townshend, Vt.,
a. 59 years, 10 months, 17 days.]
James W. Bangs Died Jan. 14, 1858. M. 28 Ys. & 4 Mo.
John W. son of J. W. & S. M. Bangs, died Dec. 19, 1856. Aged 2 Mo's.
Mrs. Lucinda Wife of Nathaniel Bangs; and daughter of Amos Parker died
Feb. [illegible, ? 2] 1803 M. 31 years.
* The name Fanny E. is on a marker.
t The name Marjory is on a marker in the lot in which Albert and Sarah Stanhope Ayers are
buried. The other markers in the same lot read "Father" and "Mother."
% Four markers in this lot read respectively "Grand Father," "Grand Mother," "Father,"
and "Mother "
154 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [April
Lysander Son of Nath. & Lucinda Bangs, died June 22, 1803. Aged 7 days.
Nathaniel Bangs Died Jan. 14, 1867. JE. 96 yrs. & 8 mo. [b. in Barrey
[sic], Mass.]
[A. Allen Banister, see inscription to E. S. Wells.]
[Knight Banister, see inscription to E. S. Wells.]
In Memory of Aaron Barlow Esq. who died March 12th 1822. in the 87th
year of his age.
Aaron Nelson son of Elias & Lucy Barlow, died Sept. 23, 1838" aged 1 year
& 2 mo.
Elias Barlow died Sept. 6th 1846, aged 56 years.
Lucy wife of Elias Barlow Died Sept. 10, 1868. Ae. 76 Yrs.
Lucy Mariah, daughter of Sanford S. & Jerusha Barlow, died March 23,
1847, Aged 11 mo. & 27 days.
Lydia Elisa, daughter of Elias & Lucy Barlow, died March 1 1833, aged 8
years 1 month & 1 day.
In Memory of Priscilla. wife of Aaron Barlow Esq. who died Dec. 6th 1825.
aged 73 years.
Roland H. Barlow*
His Wife Ellen S. Reed JE. 31 Ys. 9 Ms. Feb. 14, 1894. [Dau. of
George and Ella Reed, b. at Wiliston, Vt., a. 31 years, 9 months,
24 days.]
His Wife Minnie Woodworth M. 41 Y'rs. Dec. 30, 1908.
Sacred to the Memory of a son of Elias and Lucy Barlow, born dead April
3rd 1821.
Abigail Weston Wife of Joshua Barnes Died Oct. 8, 1863, .E. 72 Ys. [Dau.
of James and Abigail Wesson, b. in Temple ton, Mass., a. 72 years, 6
months, 6 days.]
AHce H. Barnes Died June 3, 1894. M. 71 Y'rs. [Dau. of John and Abigail
(Weston) Barnes, d. Jan. 3, 1894, a. 71 years, 10 days, single.]
[Amity (Paige) (Hurlbut) Barnes, see inscription to John A. Perkins.]
Betsey Wheeler Wife of Capt. Elijah Barnes. Died Aug. 12, 1825, JE. 41
C. S. Barnes Died May 25, 1871, JE. 53 Yrs. [Churchill S., son of Cyrus and
Nancy (Farnsworth) Barnes, d. May 15, 1871, a. 53 years, 4 months,
15 days, a mechanic]
Charlotte Barnes Oct. 31, 1840 Aug. 23 1913.t
Clarlc W Son of H. & E. E. Barnes, Died Apr. 22, 1856, JE. 2 yrs. 5 mos.
& 4 D's.
Barnes Erected by the Junius Barnes Family.t
Comfort 1782-1866 [Son of Joshua and Mary Barnes, b. in Brook-
field, Mass., d. May 12, 1866, a. 84 years, 3 months.]
Charlotte 1824-1849 Wife of Charles Huntley
Sophie Corse 1789-1881 Wife of Comfort Barnes [Sophia, Dau. of
Azariah and Mrs. (Morgan) Corse, b. in Hebron, N. Y., d. in
Bakersfield, May 23, 1861, a. 71 years, 6 months, 15 days.]
Junius 1839-1908§
Emily Jane 1826-1829
Lovisa 1819-1824
Infant 1827-1827
Lorenzo 1830-1841
Austin 1815-1847
Elinor Giddings 1827-1852 Wife of Austin Barnes.
♦ still living.
t An inscription on her father's gravestone reads: "Charlotte E. Barnes Oct. 31, 1840 Aug.
23. 1913." She died at Burlington, Vt., and was daughter of John and Charlotte (Abbott) Nichols
and divorced wife of Junius Barnes.
X The individual inscriptions accompanying this monument are on markers.
§ Died in Burlington, Vt. — m. l. s.
1920] Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society 155
In Memory of Comfort 0. Son of Dea. Cyrus & Nancy Barnes, died Aug.
23, 1840, aged 20 y. & 7 m.
Cora Bell Daugh. of M. &. M. A. Barnes, Died Feb. 18, 1862, Ae 2 ys & 6
ms. [Dau. of Merritt and Mary Ann Barnes, a. 2 years, 6 months, 2
days, accidentally scalded.]
Dea. Cyrus Barnes, Born at North Brookfield Mass. Jan, 31, 1790, died at
Bakersfield Jan. 12, 1871. [Son of Joshua and Mary Barnes, d. Jan. 7,
1871, a. 80 years, 11 months, 18 days, widower.]
Edgar L. son of C. S. & M. E. Barnes died Feb. 20, 1852. JE. 3 yrs.
Capt. Elijah Barnes Died Aug. 17, 1865. Aged 78 Y'rs & 8 Mo's. [Son of
Joshua Barnes, b. in Massachusetts, d. Aug. 15, 1865, a. 78 years, 8
months, 10 days.]
Freddie E. son of C. S. & M. E. Barnes Died Oct. 2, 1862, JE. 10 Yrs. [a.
10 years, 1 month.]
Hannah T. Church, Wife of Cyrus Barnes Died July 31, 1867, M. 61 Ys.
[Dau. of Ira Church, b. in St. Albans, d. July 30, 1867.]
[To be continued]
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
By Henry Edwards Scott, A.B., Recording Secretary
Boston^ Massachusetts, 7 January 1920. A stated meeting of the Society was
held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, at 2.30 P. M., President Baxter presiding.
The minutes of the December meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting that since the December meeting members of the Society had
been elected as follows :
Pilgrim Tercentenary Members
Mrs. Alfred McEwen of Tarry town, N. Y.
John A. Hance of New York City
Norman Bridge of Los Angeles, Cal.
Walter C. Baker of Cleveland, Ohio
George Perkins Bissell of Wilmington, Del.
George W. Banks of Philadelphia, Pa.
John Barnes Miller of Pasadena, Cal.
Cyrus Bentley of Chicago, 111.
Samuel Houghton Cox of Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. Benjamin N. Huntington of Columbus, Ohio
Thomas Winston Burnham of Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. Joseph Harrison Brazier of Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Wilham E. Hinchhff of Rockford, 111.
Thomas J. Mumford of Plainfield, N. J.
William Blair Baggaley of Chicago, III.
Henry Gardiner of Millstone, Conn.
John Mills of Marietta, Ohio
Niel Gray, Jr., of Oswego, N. Y.
Mrs. John Mohler Studebaker of South Bend, Ind.
Howard W. Baker of Coronado, Cal.
Edgar Ames of Seattle, Wash.
Henry Morrell Atkinson of Atlanta, Ga.
Grinnell Willis of Morristown, N. J.
Mrs. Albert Goodwill Spalding of Point Loma, Cal.
156 Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society [April
John Stanley Ames of Boston, Mass.
W. H. Bissell of Wausau, Wis.
Douglas Merritt of Rhinebeck, N. Y.
James Colby Colgate \ c ^i v i /-t-x
WiUiam Nelson Cromwell [ of New York City
William Henry Sage of Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. William Watts Sherman of New York City
Abraham Brittin of New Orleans, La.
Nathaniel Terry Bacon of Peace Dale, R. I.
Mrs. Robert Clarence Pruyn of Albany, N. Y.
Dwight Blaney of Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Harold Lee Judd of Minneapolis, Minn.
Mrs. John A. Vanderpoel )
Henry Fairfield Osborn > of New York City
George Gait Bourne )
Edward Lawrence Doheny of Los Angeles, Cal.
William Henry Bhss of New York City
Martha C. Codman of Washington, D. C.
Paul Wayland Bartlett of New York City
Edmund Janes James of Urbana, 111.
Resident Members
George Melville Houghton of Somerville, Mass.
George Morton Barrel) of Gloucester, Mass.
Mary Bronson Hartt of Allston, Mass.
JohA Hendrik de Vries of Canton, Mass.
Harvey Wickes Hasey of Boston, Mass.
John Herbert Barker of Waverley, Mass.
The Council also reported the names of twenty-nine candidates for Pilgrim
Tercentenary Membership and six candidates for Resident Membership, stating
that action by the Council on these names would be in order after they had been
posted for thirty days, in accordance with the By-Laws.
President Baxter then presented, as the speaker of the afternoon, Mrs. Bertha
S. Papazian of Boston, Official Lecturer for the Armenian National Union of
America. Mrs. Papazian stated that instead of speaking on America and Her
Immigrants, as had been announced in the notice of the meeting, she was obliged
to offer another paper; and she gave an interesting and timely address entitled
Armenia and America.
At 3.40 P. M. the President declared the meeting dissolved, and the members of
the Society, with their guests, enjoyed a social hour in the tea room.
4 February. The annual meeting of the Society was held this day, for a report
of which see the Supplement to the present number of the Register.
3 March. A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton
Place, at 2.30 P. M., Vice-President Chase presiding.
The minutes of the annual meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting that since the annual meeting members of the Society had been
elected as follows :
Pilgrim Tercentenary Members
WiUiam Howard Gannett of Augusta, Me.
Alexander Forbes of Milton, Mass.
George R. Bunker of Yonkers, N. Y.
Ralph Isham of Santa Barbara, Cal.
Charles S. Frost of Lake Forest, 111.
Walter C. Winchester of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Albert G. Scherer of Summit, N. J.
Francis Phelps Dodge of New York City
Lewis E. Smoot of Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Juhan Burdick of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Carl Casey of Washington, D. C.
Otis Stark Southworth of Cleveland, Ohio
Darwin D. Martin of Buffalo, N. Y.
1920] Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society 157
Resident Members
Annie Hinckley Damon of Waltham, Mass.
William Francis Warden of Paris, France.
John Stetson Edmands of Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. Robert Gilchrist of New York City-
Charles A. Parmelee of Andover, Mass.
William S. Swift of Water town, Mass.
Mrs. Claude Moore Fuess of Andover, Mass.
Mrs. Henry Herbert Edes of Cambridge, Mass.
The Council also reported the names of sixteen candidates for Pilgrim Ter-
centenary Membership, one candidate for Life Membership, and eight candidates
for Resident Membership, stating that action by the Council on these names
would be in order after they had been posted for thirty days, in accordance with
the By-Laws.
The Couneil also reported that the Society had received from Walter Brjrent
Greene of New Market, N. H., the gift of a gavel made of wood from the United
States ship Constitution, and the Recording Secretary read a letter from Mr.
Greene in which he presented the gavel to the Society and gave some account of
its history. On motion it was
Voted, That the thanks of the Society be extended to Mr. Greene for his gift of a gavel made
of wood jfrom one of the most famous ships in the United States Navy.
The Chair then presented, as the speaker of the afternoon, Alice Van Leer
Carrick of Hanover, N. H., who in an interesting talk on Collecting, illustrated by
stereopticon sUdes, entertained the large number of members and guests who had
gathered to hear her with descriptions of her adventures at auctions, her encoun-
ters with the Yankees of the New England country towns, and her experiences in
collecting and arranging antique furniture, rugs, and bric-a-brac, a pursuit which,
she declared, is in itself a hberal education. She exhibited pictures of noteworthy
pieces of furniture, some of which are in the Metropolitan Art Museum in New
York City and others in her own home at Hanover.
A vote of thanks was extended to the speaker for her instructive talk, and, no
further business being presented, the Chair, at 4 P. M., declared the meeting dis-
solved, and invited the members of the Society, with their guests, to partake of
hght refreshments in the adjoining tea room.
7 April. A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton
Place, at 2.30 P. M., President Baxter presiding.
The minutes of the March meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting that since the March meeting members of the Society had been
elected as follows:
Pilgrim Tercentenory Members
Watson Bradley Dickerman of Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Samuel L. Munson of Albany, N. Y.
George Atwell Hamlin of Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Samuel P. Harbison of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Edward J. Millspaugh of Utica, N. Y.
Anderson Gratz of Kirkwood, Mo.
Charles Sidney Shepard of New Haven, N. Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth Severance-Buchan of Pittsburgh, Pa.
George A. Peabody of Danvers, Mass.
James Barlow Cullum of Sewickley, Pa.
Julia Lyman of Cambridge, Mass.
Reginald H. Parsons of Seattle, Wash.
Griff Glover of St. Louis, Mo.
Karl Isburgh of Amsterdam, N. Y.
Mrs. George H. Lewis of Buffalo, N. Y.
Emile Berliner of Washington, D. C.
Erastus Palmer Gavit of Albany, N. Y.
Life Members
Mary Alsop Cryder of Washington, D. C.
Frederic A. Delano of Washington, D. C.
168 Notes [April
Resident Members
Mrs. John E. Hannigan of Cambridge, Mass.
Charles A. Stone of Springfield, Mass.
William Truman Aldrich of Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Frank E. Perkins of Abington, Mass.
Curtis Fisher Day of Somerville, Mass.
H. W. Dickerman of Philadelphia, Pa.
Chester Henry Keogh of Chicago, 111.
William Gorham Ewell of Medford, Mass.
Edith Kendall of Brookline, Mass.
Walter Stone Pardee of Minneapolis, Minn.
Albert Waring Pierson of Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The Council also reported the names of fifteen candidates for Pilgrim Ter-
centary Membership and six candidates for Resident Membership, stating that
action by the Council on these names would be in order after they had been posted
for thirty days, in accordance with the By-Laws.
President Baxter then presented, as the speaker of the afternoon, Frederic
Houston Kent, A.M., of Boston, who in an impressive and timely address on
Some Common Tasks of the English-Speaking People warned his hearers of the
dangers now threatening the liberty of the Anglo-Saxon nations.
A vote of thanks to the speaker was adopted by the Society, and, no further
business being presented, the Chair, at 3.55 P. M., declared the meeting dissolved.
NOTES
It having come to the attention of this Society that certain geneal-
ogists and publishers have used the name of the Society in con-
nection witti their own enterprises, the Society again desires to
state that it has NO genealogical representatives in this country
or in England, nor is it in any way connected with any publications
other than those that it issues over its own name at 9 Ashburton
Place, Boston.
Nelson. — In the Dover (N. H.) Public Library is an old account book of
perhaps 100 pages, containing accounts that run from about 1750 to 1796.
Apparently it was used at one time by Daniel Nelson. On page 52 of this book
is the following record:
Daniel Nelson Married To Polly Granvill ye 4 day of may in the year one
thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
my first Child was born 1788 the 28 November on friday Called Sary
my Second Child was still born may G^h 1790
my third Child was born September 18*^^ 1791 Called Polly
my forth Child was born may 5^^ 1794 Called margreet
my fifth Child was born December 28^^ 1796 Called Joseph
my Sixth Child was born September 19 on Thursday in the year 1799 Called
Daniel
On page 25 is the following entry:
October ye 30: 1771. I then tuck a child to nurs of william Brewstes
Dover, N. H. Samuel Burnham Shackford.
GiBBS. — In the article entitled "Additional Barbadian Notes," contributed
by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., A.M., to the Register of April 1914 (vol. 68),
there is an item (page 179) about Robert Gibbs of London and Boston. Among
the Bentley Manuscripts, in the possession of the American Antiquarian Society,
1920]
Notes
159
is a fragment of an account book of Robert Gibbs of Boston, and one of the
accounts current in this book is headed: ''Brother John Gibbs his account Baba-
does 1667."
Wellesley Farms, Mass. Eben Putnam.
Historical Intelligence
Heraldry. — The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society strongly recommends that all coats of arms which can be
proved to be authentic be offered for record
with this Society. The arrangements for the
making and preservation of such records are
complete, and the volume of recorded arms has
been begun by the entry therein of a number of
well-authenticated coats. Printed forms and
^. ._ ...« -. directions for the making of applications may
l^wHRHHlHHyll^l ^® obtained from the Committee, and all com-
i331^^p™iilBil^HBHr/^sl munications on this subject should be addressed
to the Committee on Heraldry, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton
Place, Boston.
Without taking any position with reference to
the propriety of assuming arms, the Committee
will be glad to examine arms or heraldic devices
which any person or organization desires to as-
sume, and give advice as to whether the same are heraldically correct or whether
they violate a right of exclusive use heretofore acquired by others.
Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the New England Historic Genealogi-
cal Society.— On Thursday, 18 Mar. 1920, the New England Historic Gen-
ealogical Society celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of its incorporation.
The Society was organized in Boston in the autumn of 1844, but the act of
the Massachusetts Legislature making Charles Ewer, J. Wingate Thornton,
Joseph Willard, and their associates and successors, "a corporation, by the
name of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, for the purpose of
collecting, preserving, and occasionally publishing, genealogical and historical
matter, relating to early New England families, and for the establishment and
maintenance of a cabinet," was approved by His Excellency George N. Briggs,
Governor of the Commonwealth, on 18 Mar. 1845.
The arrangements for the celebration had been placed, by a vote of the Council
of 7 May 1919, in charge of the Committee on Papers and Essays, consisting
of John McKinstry Merriam, A.M., of Framingham, Chairman, Alfred Johnson,
A.M., Litt.D., of Brookhne, Miss Mary St. Barbe Eustis of Brookline, Mrs.
Arthur White Tedcastle of Milton, Mrs. David Floyd of Winthrop, Mrs. Joseph
Curtis Howes of AUston, and Miss Josephine Elizabeth Rayne of Cambridge;
and this committee appointed a special reception committee, comprising Mrs.
Arthur White Tedcastle of Milton, Chairman, Mrs. George Minot Baker of
Concord, Mrs. Frank Dexter Ellison of Belmont, Mrs. John Fremont Hill of
Boston, Mrs. William Leander McKee of Boston, and Mrs. Ernest Henry
Wheeler of Augusta, Me. The programme planned by these two committees
included a reception to members of the Society and their friends and to invited
guests in the Society's building, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, from two until
six o'clock in the afternoon, and appropriate addresses, followed by a social
hour, in the neighboring Ford Hall in the evening.
In the weeks immediately preceding the celebration the interior of the Society's
building, which was erected in 1912 and was dedicated on 18 Mar. 1913, was
repainted, attractive panelling was placed on the walls of the entrance corri-
dor and the main stairway, the entrances to several of the memorial rooms in
the building were marked by artistically wrought, perforated, swinging bronze
signs, the numerous oil portraits owned by the Society were cleaned and ren-
ovated, and these portraits, with many rare prints, were hung in appropriate
places in the Library, the offices, and the corridors.
160 Notes [April
The many who visited the Society's building in the afternoon were received
in the corridors and in the several rooms by officers and members who had been
requested to act as ushers and guides, and the history of the Society, its growth,
aims, and prospects, and its valuable collections were described. Those who
helped in this way to welcome members and guests were Messrs. John Carroll
Chase, Albert Henry Lamson, George Andrews Moriarty, Jr., George Lambert
Gould, William Prescott Greenlaw, Henry Edw^ards Scott, Thornton Kirkland
'Lothrop, Jr., Frank Ernest Woodward, James Parker Parmenter, Hosea Starr
Ballou, Wilham Ogilvie Comstock, Charles Knowles Bolton, Nathaniel Thayer
Kidder, William Churchill Briggs, Edmund IngersoU Leeds, John Henry Ed-
monds, Eben Francis Thompson, Walter Kendall Watkins, and George Sawin
Stewart, and Miss Mary St. Barbe Eustis, Mrs. Frank Ellsworth Randall,
and Mrs. Mary Lovering Holman. An orchestra, stationed at the foot of the
main stairway, played while the reception was in progress. The ladies of the
reception committee greeted the members and guests in Wilder Hall, and refresh-
ments were served in the tea room across the corridor, those who poured for
the various hours being Mrs. George Bicknell Ager of Wellesley HiUs, Mrs.
Charles Knowles Bolton of Brooklme, Mrs. John Edward Kincaid of Sher-
born, Miss Jennie Glover Moseley of Dorchester, Miss Jennie Wallace of Boston,
and Mrs. William Francis Warden of Paris. These ladies were assisted by
Mrs. Wallace Osgood Fenn of Brookline, Miss Miriam Gould of Topsfield, and
several other yoimg ladies.
In the evening members of the Society and invited guests (including repre-
sentatives of historical societies, colleges, and libraries) assembled in Ford Hall
for the Hterary exercises. The ushers were Charles Francis Dorr Belden, James
Melville Hunnewell, and William Truman Aldrich of Boston, Joseph Gardner
Bartlett and Lawrence Brainerd of Cambridge, Edward Holmes Kittredge of
Arlington, Joseph Harvey White of Chestnut Hill, Everett Jefts Beede of Bel-
mont, and Charles Ehot Goodspeed of WoUaston. Hon. James Phinney Baxter,
President of the Society, occupied the chair, and on the platform with him were
the chaplain and orator of the evening, the vice-presidents, executive officers,
and councillors of the Society, the chairman of the Committee on Papers and
Essays, and the ladies of the reception committee. The exercises began at
eight o'clock with music by the orchestra, after which prayer was offered by
Rev. A, Z. Conrad, D.D., of the Park Street Church, Boston. The Recording
Secretary then read three letters, selected from the numerous letters of regret
and congratulation received by the Committee on Papers and Essays. They
were from the President and Mrs. Wilson, President Hadley of Yale University,
and Col. W. Gordon McCabe, President of the Virginia Historical Society.
His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, who is an honorary member of the Society, had been specially invited
to be present and to bring the greetings of the Commonwealth, but he was
unable to attend the exercises, and his letter of regret was read by the Chair-
man of the Committee on Papers and Essays. In this letter the Governor wrote:
'T congratulate your society upon its seventy-five years of service, and wish to
express to its members the appreciation of the Commonwealth for the contribu-
tion they have made to the glorious traditions of Massachusetts. I hope at
each succeeding anniversary that you will have grown in value to the State
and to the United States as you have during the time you are just now complet-
ing. My very best wishes go to each and every one of you." President Baxter
then delivered an address, in which he called attention to the fact that the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the Society came in the same year with the ter-
centenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, spoke of the importance in American
history of the Pilgrim and Puritan settlers of New England, and advocated
the erection of a memorial building, or Temple of Honor, which would not only
commemorate the Founders of New England but also exert on the uninstructed
masses of our varied population an educational influence of incalculable worth.*
He then introduced, as the principal speaker of the evening. Rev. Lemuel Herbert
Murlin, D.D., LL.D., President of Boston University, who, in a vigorous, lively,
and thoughtful address entitled The Pilgrim Republic and the New Revublics in
Europe, declared that the numerous republics that have been proclaimed in
Europe as a result of the World War owe their inspiration to the Pilgrim Re-
*President Baxter's address is printed in full on pp. 121-124 of this number of the Rsgibtsb.
1920] Recent Books 161
public, and that America, being in a sense responsible for the creation of these
repubUcs, should stand by them, try to protect them from the effects of their
own political inexperience, and, above all, help to avert from them the terrible
menace of famine. The United States, having helped to extinguish the con-
flagration of war, should not desert Europe in the critical period of reconstruc-
tion that is now at hand. After the conclusion of Dr. Murhn's illuminating
and stimulating address the audience, led by the orchestra, rose and sang
"America," and then, at the invitation of the President, repaired to Kingsley
Hall, on the floor below, where refreshments were served and a delightful social
hour was enjoyed. Thus closed a most successful celebration, which served
not only to recall to those who participated in it the important work of the
New England Historic Genealogical Society in the three-quarters of a century
of its existence and to make clear its unequalled equipment for future service,
but also to commemorate the dauntless "band of exiles" who laid the founda-
tions, three hundred years ago, of the American Republic.
RECENT BOOKS
[The Editor particularly requests persons sending books for listing in the Rbgisteb to state,
for the information of readers, the price of each book, with the amount to be added for postage
when sent by mail, and from whom it may be ordered. For the January issue, books should be
received by Nov. 1; for April, by Feb. 1; for July, by May 1; and for October, by July 1.]
GENEALOGICAL
Bourne genealogy. History of Richard Bourne and some of his descendants.
By Hannah S. B. Dykes. Cleveland, Ohio, privately printed by Benjamin F.
Bourne [1919]. 227 p. map pi. por. 8°.
Brown genealogy. John Browne, gentleman, of Plymouth (and one branch
of descendants to the 12th generation). Assistant, commissioner, magistrate,
pioneer in New England colonial life. He commanded the confidence and esteem
of the Whites and Indians alike. By George Tilden Brown. [Providence, R. I.,
Remington Press, 1919.] 55 p. fcsm. pi. 8°
Chickering genealogy. One branch of the Chickering family and the com-
plete ancestry of Mary Chickering Nichols. By Frederic C. Torrey, A. M.
Lakehurst, N. J., 1919. 31 p. geneal. tab. il. map 4°
Fuller genealogy. Genealogy of some descendants of Thomas Fuller of Wo-
bum. [Vol. 4.] By WilUarn Hyslop Fuller. To which is added supplements
to volumes 1, 2, 3, previously compiled and published. Printed for the com-
piler, 1919. 271 p. pi. por. 8°
Munsey-Hopkins genealogy. A Munsey-Hopkins genealogy, being the ances-
try of Andrew Chauncey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins, the parents
of Frank A. Munsey, his brother and sisters. By D[aniel] 0[zro] S[mith] Lowell,
A. M.. M. D., Litt. D. Boston, privately printed, 1920. 17 + 216 p. geneal.
tab. 8^
Reynolds genealogy. 1620-1919. Twenty-eighth annual report. The Rey-
nolds Family Association, Hotel McAlpin, New York City, October 9 and 10,
1919. n. p. n. d. 46 p. H. 8°
Rhodes genealogy. June, 1919. Vol. 1, no. 1. The Rhodes Family in Amer-
ica. Published by Nelson Osgood Rhoades. [Los Angeles, Bireley & Elson
Printing Co., 1919.] 7 p. 8° Price 50 cts. per year. Published three times a
year. Address N. O. Rhoades, 1208 Merchants National Bank Building, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Rhodes genealogy. Foreign ancestry number, September, 1919. Vol. 1,
no. 2. The Rhodes Family in America. Published by Nelson Osgood Rhoades.
n. p. [1919.] 6 p. geneal. tab. 8°
162 Recent Books [April]
Salisbury genealogy. Salisburian. A genealogical magazine. Vol 1, no. 5.
By Elon Galusha Salisbury, B. A. Phelps, N. Y. p. 153-192, 8°
Shedd genealogy. Register of the Shedd Family Association (incorporated),
vol. 8. Eighth annual meeting, August 20, 1919, Quincy, Mass. AUce M. Shedd,
Secretary, Newton Centre, Mass. n. p. 1919. 36 p. pi. por. 8°
BIOGRAPHICAL
Kittredge, Alfred Beard, memoir. Alfred Beard Kittredge in memoriam.
n. p. n. d. 15 + [1] p. fcsm. por. 8°
Wood, Gen. Leonard, life. The life of Leonard Wood. By John G. Holme.
New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920. 12 + 228 p. pi. 12°
Union College, Class of 1868. Union College, record of Class of 1868, 50th
year reunion, 1868-1918. [Concord, N. H., The Rumford Press, 1919.] 49 p.
il. pi. por. 8°
HISTORICAL
(a) General
Massachusetts, House of Representatives, journals. Journals of the House
of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1715-1717. Published at the charge of
the Dowse Fund. The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1919. 10 + 291 p. 4°
Massachusetts, trees. Historic trees of Massachusetts. By James Ray-
mond Simmons. Boston, Marshall Jones Co., 1919. 21 + 139 p. pi. 8*^
(b) Local
Belfast, Me., vital records. Vital records of Belfast, Maine, to the year 1892.
Vol. 2. Marriages and deaths. Editor, Alfred Johnson, A. M., Litt. D. Com-
mittee on Publication, William Davis Patterson, Alfred Johnson, A. M., Litt. D.
Published under authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1919. 671 p. 8°
Boston, Mass., Old South Church. The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of the Old South Church [Third Church, 1669] in Boston.
Imprinted for the Old South Society by the Phmpton Press [c 1919]. 9 + 138 p.
fcsm. 8°
Boston, Mass., Sunday schools. Early Sunday schools in Boston. By Albert
Matthews. Reprinted from the Publications of The Colonial Society of Massa-
chusetts, vol. 21. Cambridge, John Wilson & Son, 1919. p. 259-285, 4°
Westfield, Mass., history. Westfield and the World War. United States
declared war April 6, 1917; armistice signed November 11, 1918. This book
was compiled by Edward G. Clark under the direction and supervision of the
''Welcome Home" Conunittee for distribution on ''Welcome Home" day to the
Veterans of the World War, both soldiers and sailors, September 3, 1919. [West-
field, Mass., Westfield Times Co. Print, 1919.] 55 p. fcsm. il. pi. por. 8°
SOCIETIES AND MAGAZINES
The National Order of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. Instituted
1716, reorganized April 15, 1916. [List of officers, members, constitution, charter,
etc.] 24 p. il. pi. 8°
Society of Sons of the Revolution, California. Roster, war register and chro-
nology of the Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California (26th
year), January, 1920. n. p. 1920. 43 + [1] p. il. por. 4°
MISCELLANEOUS
Longevity. Who shall inherit long life? By Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
Washington, D. C, Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1919. p. 505-514, il. por. 4°
Reprinted from the National Geographic Magazine, June, 1919.
The Genealogical Record OflBce, Alexander Graham Bell, Director, 1601 35th St., Washington,
D. C, will be glad to receive information concerning all authentic cases of persons now living who
are more than 90 years of age. The data should include the date of birth of the individual, the
age at which his or her parents died, and the number of children and ages of his or her children
and direct descendants.
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Owing to the large number of letters received by the officers of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society, asking for genealogical or other information, to answer
which satisfactorily would in many cases require extended investigations, it has
become impossible for them to give personal attention to such inquiries, nor is
it practicable to refer these letters to any of the assistants in the employ of the
Society, because their time is occupied fully by their regular duties. The officers,
however, are glad to help those seeking infonnation by calling attention to the expert
services of the genealogists, book dealers, printers and publishers, engravers and
photographers, manufacturers of paper, etc., who advertise in the following pages.
Inquirers should make their own business arrangements with those whose names are
given below, as the Society assumes NO responsibility in the matter.
DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
LAWRENCE BRAINERD
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
Genealogist Family Trees Prepared
Research Work Terms on Application
MRS. MARY LOVERING HOLMAN
39 Winsor Avenue, Watertown, Mass.
Genealogist
Twenty years experience
WILLIAM BRADFORD BROWNE
Box 432, North Adams, Mass.
Historical and genealogical research, especially
in Northern Berkshire and Eastern New York.
Large collection of data from Plymouth and Bris-
tol Counties and Northern Rhode Island.
This is the year to prove yotir Mayflower lineage.
MRS. WILLIAM S. KELSEY
52 Allston Heights, Allston District,
Boston, Mass.
GENEALOGIST
Connecticut Research a Specialty
GEORGE WALTER CHAMBERLAIN
29 Hillside Avenue, Maiden, Maes.
Will compile and edit Genealogies
at reasonable rates
Try him
MRS. FRANK B. KINGSBURY
Surry Road, Keene, N. H.
Research work connected with Acworth. Alstead,
Sullivan, Walpole, Surry, Westmoreland. Keene,
and other towns in Cheshire County, N. H.
Probate and Land Records copied
REBECCA DODD
14 Wales Street, Dorchester, Mass.
Genealogist
CHARLES THORNTON LIBBY
Portland, Me., U. S. A.
Bafiling genealogical problems solicited. Manu-
scripts edited to guard against spurious or not
proven descents. Too often a man of means un-
consciously provides financial backing for mere
family camouflage.
LUCIA RUSSELL FELLOWS
30 U Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Summer Address: Ellsworth, Me.
Specialist in migrations from New England
Families Traced Genealogies prepared
MRS. JESSIE A. PORTER
95 Euclid Avenue, Springfield, Mass.
Records of Western Massachusetts and Connect-
icut: Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield, North
Adams, Pittsfieid, Great Barrington, and Hart-
ford, examined.
VIRGINIA HALL
19 West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass.
FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR
Middletown, Conn.
Connecticut Research a Specialty
Has genealogical notes on the families of
Ancient Middletown and copies of over
11,000 gravestone inscriptions in
Middlesex County
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DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
CHARLES M. THATCHER
Middleborough, Mass.
Town, County, or State Records. Wills and Deeds
searched for genealogy
Has copied over 18,000 cemetery inscriptions
in Plymouth County
MISS EDITH MAY TILLEY
Newport, R. I.
MRS. SUSAN COTTON TUFTS
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
GENEALOGIST
Former Genealogist of the Massachusetts
Society of Colonial Dames
FLORENCE E. YOUNGS
5 West 16th Street, New York, N. Y.
Specialist in migrations from New England.
Large collection of unprinted American and
European records. Annual trips abroad
ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
MRS. ELIZABETH (FRENCH) BARXLEXX
Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Record Searcher for the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 1908-1917, will resume work in England in the spring of 1920
Valuable Material regarding English Homes of American Settlers, and Lists of Passengers to New England
(1635-1637), Colonial Soldiers, and Prisoners in the War of 1812 — all unprinted. British and Ameri-
can Research undertaken. Genealogies compiled and edited
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON 118 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
J. GARDNER BARTLEXT
Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
Expert Specialist on English Ancestry of Early Settlers of New England
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, and 118 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
Author of Coe, Newberry, Talbot, Hill, Wilson, Jones, Belcher, and Stone genealogies
MR. XHOS. M. BLAGG
(Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Honorary General Editor of the "Index Library" (British Record Society), and Chief Editor of Philli-
more's Parish Register Series, undertakes searches for Private Clients in London,
the Provinces, Scotland, Ireland, and elsewhere
Specialties: English Parish Registers and Provincial Probate Courts
120 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
DEALERS IN GENEALOGICAL BOOKS
COLESWORTHY'S BOOKSTORE
66 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Historical and Genealogical Books
bought, sold, and exchanged
Established 1838
A. J. HUSTON
92 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.
Genealogy, Americana, and
Books on Maine
NOAH F. MORRISON
314 W. Jersey Street, Elizabeth, N. J.
Genealogies and Americana
Catalogues sent upon request
WILDER'S BOOKSHOP
46 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Makes a Specialty of Dealing in and Search-
ing for books on GENEALOGICAL AND HIS-
TORICAL SUBJECTS. Carries in stock fiom
4000 to 5000 books on AMERICAN LOCAL AND
FAMILY HISTORY. Genealogical Researches
Conducted
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PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
By the Treasurer of the N. E, Historic Genealogical Society
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass,
PRICE LIST, 1920
THE REGISTER
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published quarterly, in January, April,
July, and October. Each number contains
eighty or more octavo pages of valuable
and interesting matter concerning the
History, Antiquities, Genealogy, and
Biography of America, printed on dura-
ble paper made especially for the Society,
with an engraved portrait. Complete
indexes to each volume appear with
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year. Subscription, $5.00 per year in
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JULY, 1920
MAJ. HENRY LEE HIGGINSON, A.M., LL.D.
By Thornton Kirkland Lothrop, Jr., A.B., of Boston, Mass.
Henry Lee Higginson, although he held no public office, has
for many years been referred to as the first citizen of Boston. In
his death, 14 November 1919, the community suffered a great
loss, as well as Harvard University and the Boston Symphony
Orchestra and all the other things in which he was interested. The
New England Historic Genealogical Society was very fortunate in
obtaining him as one of the early members of the Pilgrim Tercen-
tenary movement, which began last year and is still going on, and
also in getting his firm, Lee, Higginson & Company, to act as deposi-
tory for the fund thus raised. It especially mourns his loss, before
this membership was completed and just before the year which
commemorates the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, three
hundred years ago, had begun.*
Major Higginson was a man of action rather than of words, and
this, quite as much as the ever present scar received in action during
the Civil War, was the reason why he was so constantly referred to
by his military title, which he gained through service in the Vol-
unteer Army of the United States during that momentous conflict.
Although I have referred to him as a man of action, I must not be
misunderstood as meaning that he was a man of action only. He
had a great intellect and a large heart as well as a powerful memory.
He was noticeable for having ideals and cherishing them, and bringing
them with his ripening years to a full fruition. He could see ahead
clearly, plan in great detail, and had a fortunate use of words to
explain both what he thought of value in the past and what he had
schemed for the future.
He was born in New York City 18 November 1834, the son of
George and Mary Cabot (Lee) Higginson. His parents were, how-
ever, of New England stock, and shortly after his birth they returned
to Boston, where he was brought up, and where he spent most of
his life. Besides the Higginsons he was descended from the Jack-
sons, Lees, Cabots, and other prominent families. It would be going
*Major Higginson's successor in his Pilgrim Tercentenary membership in the New England
Historic Genealogical Society is his widow, Mrs. Ida Agassiz Higginson. — Editor.
vol. lxxiv. 11
164 Henry Lee Higginson [July
beyond the scope of this article to go into a detailed examination of
the characteristics of these various families and determine how much
each affected Major Higginson's thoughts and actions at the vari-
ous phases of his career. Suffice it to say that, just as the many
intermarriages of the Cabots, for instance, with the Sewalls, and
Lowells, and Eliots, and other families, have had an effect on various
members and branches of the Cabot family and fitted them more
for judicial, legislative, and administrative service, whilst at the
same time they continued to retail their pronounced Cabotic char-
acteristics of easy excellence in whatever they did and constant
ability to keep on doing something all the time, so the Higginsons
have shown all along the pronounced characteristics of having ideas
and thoughts of their own, abihty to express them well, courage
to do so pubhcly under all circumstances, and a certain strength of
purpose to chng to them until they were fulfilled. These character-
istics Major Higginson had to a marked degree, and they were un-
doubtedly helped, both in the directions they took and in the suc-
cess he obtained in carrying them out, by the characters of the
other New England families from whom he was descended and with
whom he largely associated.
Major Higginson was descended from Rev. Francis Higginson,
who was born in England in 1588 and graduated at Cambridge
University. He had ideas of his own and therefore w^as obliged to
leave England, and he arrived in New England on the Talbot in
1629. He settled in Salem, and died there in August of the follow-
ing year, 1630. His son John was born in England in 1616, and came
over with his father. He was more or less in other parts of New
England, but spent most of his life in Salem, where he died 9 De-
cember 1708. The family continued largely in Salem during the
Colonial period. Stephen Higginson was born there 28 November
1743, but later moved To Boston, and died in Boston 22 November
1828. One grandson of his was Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
noted for his opposition to the extension and continuation of slavery
in the United States, which he was able to help in abolishing by
active military service in the Federal Army during the Civil War, .
and noted afterwards as an historian.
Another grandson of this Stephen Higginson was George Hig-
ginson, who married Mary Cabot Lee and moved to New York,
where Henry Lee Higginson was born. His older brother w^as named
George after his father, and his two younger brothers were named
James Jackson and Francis Lee. His only sister was Mary, who
married Mr. S. Parkman Blake. George, the father, shortly re-
turned to Boston, where Henry Lee Higginson was brought up,
attended the Boston Latin School, and entered Harvard College in
1851. He only stayed at Harvard a scant year, as trouble with his
eyes made it impossible to continue there longer; but during that
year, as well as during the previous years at the Latin School, he
formed many friendships which lasted through the rest of his fife
and affected it to a certain degree. It was here that he showed
athletic prowess on the football field, in those days more like the
Bloody Monday rush of later years than the organized game now
1920] Henry Lee Higginson 165
called football. Athletic ability and muscular strength were always
with him, although hampered of course by the severe wounds which
he suffered in the Civil War. In later years he was, like Gladstone,
very fond of taking his exercise in cutting down trees, and near
his eightieth birthday I have known him to go to New Haven in
a day coach and walk to the Yale football field, and return the
same way.
After leaving Harvard College Mr. Higginson took a short "trip
abroad, and when he returned continued his education in a duller
way, by filling a place at Samuel and Edward Austin's counting-
house. Here he stayed a year and a half or a little more, and then
went abroad once more with several of his best friends. They re-
turned, but he stayed on the other side to study music. This, the
greatest pleasure of his life, he pursued for three years, mostly in
Vienna, and with some of the most ^famous teachers; but his eyes
gave out again, this time more seriously, and in November 1860
he returned to Boston. He stated then that he would be glad to
live in Boston, if he could only find something to do, and very
shortly there was plenty for him to do. In March 1861 Abraham
Lincoln was inaugurated as President of the United States, and in
April Fort Sumter was fired on and the Civil War had begun.
Full of enthusiasm and animated with a strong sense of duty
both to his country and to the antislavery cause, Mr. Higginson
was among the first to volunteer. He helped Col. (then Capt.) James
Savage recruit Co. D, in the Second Regiment of Massachusetts
Volunteers, and on 21 May 1861 was commissioned second lieu-
tenant and on 8 July first lieutenant with the same company. The
regiment after a while was sent to the front, reporting to General
Patterson at Martinsburg, Va. He did not stay with it long, how-
ever, but was sent North for more recruiting and drilling, although
in a slightly different line. About 1 November 1861 he was com-
missioned captain in the First Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer
Cavalry. It was first stationed at Readville, Mass., but later was
sent to Maryland, South Carolina, and then Virginia, remaining
all the while with the Army of the Potomac. On 28 March 1862
he was commissioned major and given active charge of a battalion
in this regiment. On 17 June 1863, at the Battle of Aldie, in Vir-
ginia, he was severely wounded in three or more places. The effects
of these wounds he bore through life, and it is wonderful how much
he accomplished in despite of them. For a detailed account of the
action as affecting Major Higginson I refer the reader to Mr. J. T.
Morse, Jr's., admirable article in The Harvard Graduates^ Magazine
for March 1920.
From Aldie Major Higginson was sent to stations and hospitals
until he finally reached Washington and then Boston. Recovery
was very slow, but it had its advantages, as it was then that he
married Miss Ida Agassiz. She was a daughter of Professor Louis
Agassiz and a sister of Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw and of Alexander Agassiz.
She was a constant help and encouragement to him through life,
and gave him an additional group of relatives and friends, who in-
creased his already wide horizon. Despite this he was itching to get
166 Henry Lee Higginson [July
back to the army, and in July 1864 he obtained a new position^as
aide on General Barlow's staff. The work was too severe for him,
however, and he then tried to get employment in the Reserve Corps.
Failing in this, he was honorably discharged in September 1864. j^^
In January 1865 Major Higginson started in civil life once more.
After experimenting with the agency of an oil company in Ohio
and, with his friend and companion soldier. Col. Charles F. Morse,
and others, in the sea-island cotton business in Georgia, he found a
place waiting for him at home with Lee, Higginson & Company,
where he stayed the rest of his life. They already had a good busi-
ness, and it grew rapidly after he became a partner. Copper mines,
western railroads, and other industries of this growling country,
in which he and his relatives had interests, blossomed marvellously
as the result of their practical energy, and the business of the jBrm
grew with them.
Soon Major Higginson decided that he could well devote his
time and money to something else besides his business, and in 1881
he started the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This put the best
music before the music lovers of Greater Boston for more than half
the year, and let the inhabitants of many other cities know some of
the advantages of living here. He paid all the losses, calculated
at nine hundred thousand dollars by 1912 and at about a million
and a quarter dollars in all. He undoubtedly paid many other
things which never got on the books at all. He also gave much
timle and thought to the orchestra, and made no end of trips to
Europe to get the best conductors and musicians. His control and
influence over the men were remarkable, and he never allowed
them to join any musicians' union or other organization of that kind
which might prevent the employment of the best talent available.
When the United States entered the World War the conductor was
arrested as a spy and imprisoned for the rest of the War, and this
was a very sad blow to Major Higginson.
His connection with Harvard College was the only other thing
as strong as his love for his orchestra. His only degree there was
the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1882, although he received
the degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale in 1901 and from Williams
in 1912. But he served as a member of the Corporation of Harvard
College for twenty-six years, from the time of his appointment
in 1893 until the day of his death. President Eliot has stated that
during all those years he was noted for the ''utmost punctuality,
assiduity, devotion, and high intelligence," and President Lowell
has confirmed this opinion. He was recognized the world over among
Harvard men for two great gifts to the University, Soldiers Field
in 1890 and the Harvard Union in 1899. To these might be added a
third, not thought of so much, perhaps, but almost equally appreci-
ated, the playing of the Symphony Orchestra, ever since its founda-
tion, in Sanders Theatre.
Henry Lee Higginson is gone, and as a patriot, soldier, citizen,
and Harvard man there is no one at present to take his place.
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INSCRIPTIONS IN THE TOWN CEMETERY
AT THE VILLAGE OF BAKERSFIELD, VT.
Copied and communicated by Herbert Williams Denio, A.M.,
of New York City
[Continued from page 155]
Harriet M. Wife of Clark Barnes Died May 1, 1870, M. 45 Yrs. [Widow,
dau. of Ezra and Harriett Farwell, d. May 4, 1870, a. 47 years. Com-
mitted suicide.]
Father and Mother Barnes
Harvey Barnes JE. 73 Yrs. & 8 M's. Jan. 3, 1900.
Esther E. Downs. Wife of Harvey Barnes. JE. 67 Yrs. & 5 M's. Jan.
30, 1897. [Dau. of John and Sarah (Gaby) Downs, b. in Enos-
burgh, Vt., a. 68 years.]
HoUis W. Son of H. & E. E. Barnes, Died Apr. 17, 1856. ^E. 6 yrs. 10 mos.
& 1 day.
J. Austin Barnes 1847-1916. [John Austin, son of Austin and Eleanor
(Giddings) Barnes, b. Oct. 14, 1847, d. Jan. 16, 1916, a. 68 years, 3
months, 2 days.]
His Wife Mary J. Skinner 1850-
Jerusha E. Daughter of Joshua & Elthina Barnes. Died June 15, 1853.
Aged 13 Years.
[Joshua Barnes]* Died and Burried in Jericho, N. Y. Feb. 21, 1813, JE. 56
Ys.
Mary, Wife of the Above Died Sept. 9, 1847, M. 90 Ys.
Lewis B. Son of H. & E. E. Barnes, Died Apr. 17, 1856, M. 8 yrs, 5 mos.
& 21 ds.
Martha, Wife of Elijah Barnes, Died Sept. 11, 1856, Age, 65 Years.
Mother Mary A. Paige Wife of Merritt Barnes, Born June 26, 1820,
Died Oct. 18, 1888. [Mary Ann, dau. of Jesse and Mary Page, b. in
Hardwick, Mass., a. 67 years, 3 months, 24 days.]
Mary E. Wife of C. S. Barnes Died Jan. 28, 1876, M. 52 Yrs.
Merritt Barnes, Died Feb. 24, 1877, M. 59 Y'rs & 8 Mo's [Son of Comfort
and Sophia (Corse) Barnes.]
Millo son of C. M. & M. L. Barnes, Died Apr. 2, 1899, M. 15 Yrs. & 8 ms.f
In Memory of Nancy Wife of Deacon, Cyrus Barnes, died March 24, 1847.
Aged 53 Yrs. 8 Ms.
Willie B. Son of Harvey & Esther E. Barnes died June 5, 1873, ^. 14 yrs.
1 mo. 5 ds. [Willie M., son of Harvey and Esther (Downs) Barnes.]
Wyatt C. Barnes Born June 10, 1821. Died Apr. 8, 1896. [Son of Joshua
and Abigal (Weston) Barnes, d. Apr. 7, 1896, a. 75 years, 4 months,
2 days.]
His Wife Lucy Rice Born Apr. 21, 1824, Died May 13, 1911. [Dau.
of Benjamin and Matilda (Gaba) Rice, b. at Enosburg, Vt., d.
from accidental burns, a. 87 years, 22 days.]
In Memory of Abigail W. daugh'r of Joshua & Abigail Barns, died March 4.
1844, Aged 30 years.
In Memory of Hannah Barns, died Sept. 23rd 1814 aged 20 years.
Joshua Barns, Died Dec. 25, 1854; JE. 76 yrs. 8 mos. & 24 ds.
Lewis son of Peter & Lucy M. Batreau, died May 20, 1857. Aged 3 m's.
[a. 3 years.]
*Top of stone broken off.
tSon of Carlos M. and M. E. (Goodspeed) Barnes. — m. l. s.
168 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [July
Beals *
Elisha Beals 1824-1912 [Elisha H., son of Cheslin and Dimice (Isham)
Beals, b. at Fairfield, Vt., Jan. 20, 1824, d. May 29, 1912.]
Ruth Kenney Beals 1831-1904 [Dau. of Chester and Betsey (Hurlbert)
Kinnedy, b. at Fairfield, Vt., Mar. 9, 1830, d. Aug. 9, 1904, a. 74
years, 5 months.]
Fred W. Beals 1854-1892 [Son of Elisha and Ruth (Kinney) Beals,
d. Oct. 30, 1892, a. 39 years, 6 months, 10 days.]
Emma Tillotson Beals 1858-1906 [Emma Evangaline, dau. of S. O.
and M. J. (Doane) Tillotson, b. in Ohio Aug. 1, 1858, d. Dec. 13,
1906, a. 48 years, 4 months, 12 days.]
Henry B. son of Lewis & Delia Beardsley. Died March 2 1846. JE. 5 m's.
In Memory of Charlotte daughter of John D. & Susan Berry, who died
March 11th 1825. Aged 6 months & 25 days.
L. E. Wilcox Wife of E. F. Bessey. Died July 28, 1865, JE. 20 Y's & 7 D's.
Nancy Dunivan, Wife of Norman Bessey, died Sept. 1, 1865, JE, 44 yrs.
[Dau. of J. and Abigail Donovan, b. in Enosburgh, Vt.]
Sacred to the Memory of Mina Billing daughter of Silas & Betsey Billing.
who died April 1st AD. 1818. aged 18 years.
Widow Reliance Billings. Died Sept. 29th 1833: Aged 97 years &;;27 days.
To the memory of Capt. Silas Billings, who died May 4th 1838. Aged 78
years.
In memory of Francis 0. Bisbee who died in his 5th year. [Son of C. C.
and Eunice Bisbee, d. Feb. 17, 1857, a. 4 years, 9 months, 8 days.]
Alice A. Dau. of Chas & Sophia Bishop Born June 10 1859. Died Mar. 8,
1895.
Charles Bishop Died June 28, 1887. M. 70 Y'rs. [Son of William and
Elizabeth Bishop, d. June 29, 1887, a. 70 vears, 3 months, 15 days.]
Sophia. Wife of Charles Bishop Died May 13,*^ 1898. JE. 81 Y'rs.
Ariel Blodgett 1802-1884
His Wife Lucy Caroline Hale 1812-1868 [Dau. of Nathan and Lucy
(Dee) Hale, d. May 8, 1868.]
Ann T. Blodgett 1835-1910.
Diannia Ovitt Wife of Edgar Bocash Died Mar. 28, 1895. ^. 53 Ys & 11 Ms.
[Dau. of Davis and Mary (Bigford) Ovitt, b. in Sheldon, Vt., a.i^54
years, 4 months, 12 days.]
Charles Died Sept. 19, 1890 JE. 19 Y'rs. [a. 17 years, 7 months.]
Gertie Died Sept. 24, 1890 JE. 10 Y'rs. [Gertrude, dau. of Elixie and
Mary (LaGro) Bonor.]
Children of Lixey and Mary Bornor.
Carrie E. dau't of N. & Eliza Boutell Died Oct. 13, 1863. M. 1 yr. & e'ms.
[Cairry, dau. of E. N. and Eliza Boutell, a. 1 year, 5 months, 29 days.]
Father. Earl N. Boutell; Died Dec. 1, 1892, JE. 65 y'rs. [Son of W^illiam
and Polly (Dean) Boutell, a. 65 years, 7 months, 3 days.]
Mother Eliza Ann Lathrop, Wife of Earl N. Boutell, Died Jan. 3, 1893,
iE. 67 y'rs. [Dau. of Nelson and Sally (Whitney) Lathrop, b. in Wol-
cott, Vt., d. Jan. 31, 1893, a. 66 years, 2 months, 3 days.]
Florence May Daughter of G. H. & Clara E. Boutell 1896-1905. [Dau.^'of
George H. and Clara E. (Hill) Boutell, b. Aug. 12^ 1896, d. Nov. 12,
1905, a. 9 years, 3 months, 1 day.]t
George H. Boutell 1864-
Clara E. Hill His Wife 1869-
Hattie M. 1886-1889
Florence M. 1896-1905
*The individual inscriptions accompanying this monument are on markers.
tSee also inscription on her father's monument.
1920] Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. 169
Hattie May Daughter of G. H. & E. A. Boutell Died Aug. 22. 1889 JE. 3
Y'rs. [Dau. of George H. and Edith (Ellis) Boutell, d. in Johnson, Vt.]*
John Boutell Died Nov. 9, 1865, Aged 41 Y'rs & 1 Mo. [Son of William
and Polly (Dean) Boutell.]
Josephus Boutell 1799-1821
Ruthe His Wife 1793-1867 [Dau. of Hayden, b. in Sudbury,
Mass., d. Feb. 4, 1867, a. 74 years.]
Josephus Boutell June 30, 1822-Mar. 9 1902 [Son of Josephus and
Ruth Boutell, a. 80 years, 8 months.]
Harriet Stanley His Wife June 21, 1826-June 28, 1910 [Dau. of
Oliver and Lois (Hammond) Stanley, b. in Franklin, Vt., a. 84
years, 5 months, 7 days.]
Willie their son March 5 1868-Dec. 12, 1868 [a. 8 months, 27 days.]
Polly Wife of William Boutell Died Dec. 19, 1877. Aged 80 Y's. 2 M's. & 17
D's. [Dau. of and Polly Dean, a. 80 years, 2 months, 15 days.]
William Boutell Died Dec. 25, 1865, aged 70 Y's 9 M's. & 20 D's. [Born in
Barnard, Vt., a. 71 years, 1 month, 10 days.]
Nellie Infant Dau of A. C. & Wilma Bradford. [Dau. of A. C. and Wilma
(Bellows) Bradford, stillbirth, Oct. 17, 1905.]
Sylvia Stebbins Wife of James H. Bradish Died Nov. 1, 1897. M. 68 Y'rs.
[Dau. of Tristin and Sabena Clement, d. Dec. 1, 1897, widow.]
Lester Brewer Died May 17, 1895. JE. 73 Y'rs. 2 Ms. & 2 Ds.
Mary A Eastman Wife of Lester Brewer Died July 4, 1887. JE. 56 Y'rs. 11
Ms. & 4 D's.
Abigail Wife of Jonas Brigham Died July 16. 1840. Aged 76 years.
Albert G. Brigham Mar. 12, 1836- Jan. 5, 1908 [Son of Fay and Selina (Hall)
Brigham, a. 71 years, 9 months, 24 days.]
His Wife CeHna S. Larabee May 18, 1846- Jan. 23, 1913. [Sagy [?]
Celina, dau. of George and Cynthia (Stevens) Larabee, b. in Berk-
shire, Vt., May 18, 1846.]
Annah Wife of Jonas Brigham Esq. Died Oct. 14. 1802. Aged 53 years.
Asa Brigham Died April 11 1854. Aged 67 Years.
Baxter. Brigham Feb. 1, 1816-Sept. 27, 1856.
His Wife Laura Maria Chase Nov. 24, 1822-Nov. 7, 1906
Their only Son Dorr Baxter Nov. 27, 1847-Sept. 26, 1856.
Erected by Elva Brigham Brownell their only daughter
Bradley Brigham Born At Bakersfield; Vt. Died Feb. 16, 1892, JE. 78
Years. [Son of Asa and Sally (Hardy) Brigham.]
Dorthy Potter Wife of Bradley Brigham Born at Bakersfield, Vt. Died Feb.
21, 1892, JE. 69 years. [Dau. of Silas Potter, d. Feb. 4, 1892.]
Eli Brigham Died Apr. 7. 1848. Aged 74 Yrs.
Hattie Fay, Dau. of Josiah F. & Jane F. Brigham Died Feb. 6, 1864. JE.
5 ys. 7 ms.
Hollis Brigham Born June 2, 1825. Died Aug. 21, 1898.
J. F. Brigham Died Aug. 28, 1878. JE. 77 Yrs. [Josiah Fay Brigham, a. 76
years, 10 months.]
Sylvina Hall Wife of J. F. Brigham Died Nov. 20, 1844. JE. 33 Yrs.
Jane Fay Wife of J. F. Brigham Sept. 12, 1822, Jan. 30, 1899. [Born
in Canada, age 77 years.]
Jonas Brigham Esq. Died Dec. 1 1826. Aged 78 years.
Jonas Brigham Jr. Died JMlegible] 1841, JE. 58 [?] Yrs.
Eunice Wife of Jonas Brigham Died Sept. 2, 1841, jE. 61 Yrs.
Annah D. Brigham Died Apr. 17, 1894. JE. 80 Yrs.f
Jonas Draper son of Eli & Mary Brigham died Feb. 29, 1822 [sic] age 17 Years.
*See also inscription on her father's monument.
fDaughter of Jonas, Jr., and Eunice Brigham,
170 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [July
Lucy daughter of Eli & Mary Brigham died March 31 1822. Aged 9 Mos.
Mary wife of Eli Brigham died Feb. 22, 1822. Aged 46 Y'rs.
Mary Powers, Wife of S. Sumner Brigham, Born July 4, 1812, Died Dec. 18,
1895. [Dau. of Peter and Sally (Start) Powers, b. at Templeton, N. H.,
d. Dec. 8, 1895, a. 83 years, 7 months, 4 days.]
Mercy, Wife of Eli Brigham, Died Aug. 13, 1872, JE. 86 Yrs. [Mercy
Taylor Brigham, a. 85 years, 8 months, 1 day, widow.]
Nahum Brigham 1827-1893. [Son of Asa and Sally (Hardy) Brigham, d.
Aug. 18, 1893, a. 66 j^ears, 3 mos. and 9 days, single.]
Rebecca Gallop 1822-1866. [Rebecca, dau. of Asa and Sally (Hardy)
Brigham, d. Oct. 4, 1866, a. 64* years, 2 months, 16 days.]
Abigail Brigham 1818-1894*.
[Noah Brigham, see inscription to 0. T. Houghton.]
S. Sumner Brigham Born Oct. 30, 1803, Died Jan. 18, 1883.
Sally Wife of Asa Brigham Died August 13 1854. Aged 66 Years.
In memory of Sally W. wife of Josiah F. Brigham. who died March 11, 1829,
in the 21st year of her age. The youngest daughter of Foster & Amity
Paige.
In memory of Seneca P. son of Josiah F. & Sally Brigham. who died March
10. 1831. Aged 2 years & 20 days.
Uriah Brigham. Born in Marlboro, Mass: July 11, 1757. Died in Bakersfield
Vt: Sept. 16, 1820.
His Wife EUzabeth Fay Born in Southboro, Mass: April 28, 1767.
Died in Boston, Mass: Nov. 9, 1837.
Cheney Brigham April 22, 1793. Jan. 28. 1865. [Son of Jonas Brigham,
d. Jan. 25, 1865, a. 71 years, 10 months, widower.]
His Wife EHzabeth Brigham Jany 8, 1794. April 12, 1853.
A. Kendall Brigham. Oct. 31, 1821. Nov. 25, 1870. [Son of Cheney
and Betsey Brigham, d. Dec. 26, 1870, in Fairfield, Yt., a. 48 years.]
Uriah Brigham Jun. Sept. 3, 1795 Oct. 17, 1814
Breck Brigham Nov. 23, 1799 June 28, 1818.
Robert B. Brigham Nov. 1, 1826- Jan. 2, 1900.
EUzabeth F. Brigham Jan. 20, 1824-Apr. 30, 1909.
Erected by Robert B. & Elizabeth F. Brigham.
W. 0. Brigham, JE. 73 Y'rs & 5 Mo's. Nov. 3, 1909. [William Oakley, son
of S. S. and Mary (Powers) Brigham, b. May 16, 1836, a. 73 years, 5
months, 17 days.]
His Wife Nella M. Perkins M. 49 Y'rs 9 Mo's. Dec. 10, 1893 [Dau.
of John and Betsey (Pearson) Perkins, a. 49 years, 9 months, 4
days.]
Anna H. Tracy Wife of Dr. C. S. Brigham, Leominster Mass. 1866-
1898 [Dau. of Tracy, wife of Clarence S. Brigham.]
Rilla Field Worthing Wife of W. 0. Brigham 1846-
Charles B. Browm Born Nov. 12, 1818. Died Jan. 26, 1891.
Louisa H. Brown Born Jan. 27, 1825. Died Dec. 3, 1893. [Dau. of
Levi Wheelock, d. Dec. 3, 1892, a. 68 years.]
Jemima A. Brown Born Jan. 3, 1821. Died Dec. 12, 1843.t
Ellen A. Brown Born Aug. 25, 1845. Died Nov. 11, 1898.t
Elsie L. daughter of R. H. & M. Brown died Oct. 5, 1865. M. 7 Yrs. 11 Mo.
&20ds.
[Fanny L. Brown, see inscription to Benjamin Doane.]
G. W. Brown Died Dec. 11, 1879. JE. 62 Y'rs. [Born m Scotland, a. 62 years,
4 months, 11 days.]
*A sister of Nahum Brigham.
tFirst wife of C. B. Brown. — m. l. s.
^Daughter of C. B. Brown. — m. l. s.
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Jane Wife of G. W. Brown. Died Jan. 12, 1898. M. 79 Y's. & 15
D's. [Died Jan. 13, 1898, a. 79 years, 11 days, widow.]
Father Hugh Brown Jan. 18, 1819 Feb. 20, 1875.
Mother Mary Brown Sept. 19. 1824, Mar. 27, 1904.*
Hugh J. son of George W. & Jane Brown. Died Dec. 19, 1872, M. 22 Ys.
&4Ms.t
LiUie May. daughter of R. H. & Melinda Brown, died Aug. 5, 1870 Aged 10
Mo. & 15 days.
MeHnda wife of R. H. Brown. Died Feb. 12, 1872. tE. 36 y'rs 7 mo's & 2 days.
Sacred to the Memory of Nelson Brown who died Decembr 1813. in 21st
year of his age.
Orpha A. Wife of WilHam W. Brown Died Feb. 11, 1883. M 26 Y'rs. & 2
Mo's. [Dau. of Eliphalet and Electa (Corse) Ovitt, b. in Enosburg, Vt.]
[Brown-Foote Monument]|
RoHin G. Brown 1847-1881 [Son of Edwin P. and Olive (Carpenter)
Brown, b. in Enosburg, Vt., d. Dec. 14, 1881, a. 34 years, 10
months.]
Lorette H. Maynard Brown 1842-1916. [Mrs. Lorette, dau. of
[Jesse] Knowles Maynard, b. Oct. 6, 1841, d. in St. Albans Hospital
Dec. 1. 1917, a. 75 years, 27 days.]
Lizzie M. Maynard Swan Foote 1830-1907
Sumner R. Brown 1882-1886 [Son of Rollin G. and Lorett (Maynard)
Brown, b. in Bakersfield, d. Aug. 16, 1886, a. 4 years, 6 months,
6 days.]
Baby [Hattie, dau. of Rollin and Emma (Farwell) Brown, d. Sept. 30, 1893,
a. 1 month, 5 days.]
[Cynthia M. (Jones) (Atwood) Brush, see inscription to Nathan Jones.]
Harriet Provo, Wife of Julius Burdo, Died Jan. 19, 1864, Aged 44 years.
Charles E. Burleson Dec. 18, 1879-
His Wife Ella J. Wanzer Sept. 22, 1879-July 17, 1909
William Bycraft Died Oct. 28, 1880. M, 50 Y'rs.
His Wife Ehzabeth Died June 19, 1892. JE. 64 Y'rs.
E.G.
In Memory of Charlotte E. Cady who departed this life July 23rd 1823.
aged 9 weeks. Died with the small pox.
EHza Jane wife of Rev. T. H. Canfield died May 19, 1845, M. 36 Ys. & 5 M.
[Clarence George Cantwell, see inscription to Willard Weightman,]
Philander G. son of P. H. & C. G. Carnes. died April 3, 1848 Aged 1 Year
3 Ms. & 13 Days.
Philander H. Carnes, Died Dec. 17, 1853. Aged 27 y's 2 m's. 28 d's.
Betsey, Wife of Timothy Carroll Died June 19, 1868, Aged 77 Y'rs. [Dau.
of Thomas , b. in Athens, Vt., d. June 17, 1868, a. 77 years, 8
months.]
Timothy Carroll, Died Sept. 25, 1856. Aged 72 y'rs.
William §
WiUiam 0. Casey 1858-1888
Henry B. Casey 1856-1915
George C. Centerbar 1855-19
His Wife Alice M. Reed 1853-19
Earl A. 1883-1901
*The words "Father" and "Mother" are on a monument. The names and dates are on two
markers.
tThis inscription is repeated on the monument of Hugh J. Brown's father.
tOnly the surnames Brown and Foote appear on the monument, the former on the west face
and the latter on the east face. The individual inscriptions are on markers. Lizzie M. Maynard
married (1) Swan, and lived in the West. She returned to the East and married (2)
Foote. Lorette H. Maynard was her half sister.
§William Casey. — m. l. s.
172 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [July
Abigail E. Morse Wife of A. J. Chadwick. Born Bakersfield, Vt. 1849-1894.*
Hattie E Ayers Wife of J. M. Chadwick Died Feb. 9, 1868, M. 27 Y'rs. 10
Mo's. & 5 D's.
In Memory of John Chamberlain, who died Feby 20th 1822. Aged 26 years.
Infant Daughter of A. B. & Julia Chappell [Dau. of Alfred B. and Julia E.
(Guilmette) Chappell, stillbirth, June 22, 1906.]
Mrs. Bell E. Charge May 1, 1855. July 3, 1905. [Dau. of Hiram and
Lucy C. (Janes) Dontan, b. in East Enosburgh, Vt., a. 50 years, 2
months, 2 days.]
Adelia Chase Died Aug. 23, 1903. JE. 60 Y'rs. [Dau. of Elijah and
(Bartlett) Stratton, b. at Fairfield, wife of Van B. Chase, a. 60 years, 3
months, buried at North Cambridge, Vt.]
NelHe E. Dau. of A. Chase Born July 13, 1859 Died Mar. 14, 1880. [Eye-
line Nelly, dau. of Aaron and Eveline (Glover) Chase, b. at Franklin,
Vt., a. 20 years, 8 months, single.]
[Clinton A. Chaumont, see inscription to Frank G. Nutting.]
Annie E. Shattuck Wife of M. L. Child, Died Feb. 23, 1883, JE. 23 Y'rs.
Childt
Thomas 1779-1862 [Born at Westminster, Mass., d. Apr. 26, 1862,
a. 82 years, 11 months, 26 days.]
Lydia 1780-1853
Mariette 1828-1854
Marcus 1816-1865
Betsy 1811-1871 [Betsey B., dau. of Simon and Phebe (Bowers)
Maynard, d. Apr. 12, 1871, a. 60 years, 5 months, 4 days.]
Chauncy 1806-1865 [Son of Thomas and Lydia (Adams) Child, d.
Oct. 31, 1865, a. 58 years, 7 months, 10 days.]
Mary 1829-1902
Proctor 1817-1897 [Solomon Proctor Child, d. Feb. 23, 1897, a. 80
j^ears, 1 month, 17 days.]
Matilda 1827-1877 [Jan C. Matilda, dau. of [illegiblel b. at Carls-
haven, d. Aug. 6, 1877, a. 50 years, 7 months, 23 days.]
Albert 1865-1870 [Albert Stillman, son of S. P. and Matilda Child,
d. Nov. 20, 1870, a. 5 years, 1 month, 1 day.]
Louise 1857-1862 [Louisa, dau. of S. P. and Matilda Child, d. Jan. 3,
1862, a. 5 years, 7 months, 20 days.]
Mrs. Sarah L. Church Died Apr. 1, 1891 M. 73 Ys.
Arad Converse, Died May 8, 1879, M. 83 Y'rs 8 Mo's. & 15 D's. [b. in
Brookfield, Mass., d. May 8, 1878, a. 82 years, 8 months, 15 days.]
Burton H. Son of Josiah & Minerva E. Converse, Died Feb. 19, 1864, JE.
3 y's & 8 m's.
Charles J. son of Josiah & Mary P. Converse. Died Oct. 24, 1840. M,
10 yr's & 5 mo's.
Cheney Converse. Died May 21, 1890, M. 32 Y'rs. [Son of Josiah and
Minerva (Parker) Converse, single.]
Converse.!
Cheney R. Converse 1812-1904 [Son of Josiah and Matilda (Ayers)
Converse, b. Dec. 19, 1813, d. Aug. 19, 1904, a. 91 years, 8
months, 27 days, a widower.]
His Wife Jane A. Bassett 1812 1837
His Wife Sarah Bailey 1822 1849
Fanny Converse Wife of Joel Parkhurst 1800 1875
Infant Dau. of C. R. & J. A. Converse
Infant son of C. R. & J. A. Converse
*She died in California. — m. l. s.
tThe surname is on a monument. The individual inscriptions are on markers.
1920] Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. 173
Elisha J. son of Josiah & Minerva Converse, died June 8, 1853. aged 11 mo's.
Eunice M. Parker, Wife of Josiah Converse Died Dec. 9, 1914, JE. 87 Ys.
[Minerva E., dau. of Elisha and Eunice (Dean) Parker, b. May 13, 1827,
a. 87 years, 6 months, 26 days.]
Jehial H. Converse Died March 29, 1885. M. 54 Y'rs. [Son of Arad Con-
verse, a. 54 years, 10 months, 1 day.]
His Wife Mary K. Leach Died April 3, 1885. M. 55 Y'rs. [Dau.
of Royal and Mary (Newton) Leach, b. at Waterville, Vt., a. 51
years, 10 months, 27 days.]
Mr. Josiah Converse Died Apr. 13, 1847 JE. 81 Yr & 6 Ms.
Josiah Converse, Died June 5, 1873, JE. 75 Ys. [Son of Josiah and Kate
Converse, b. in Massachusetts.]
In Memory of Josiah Converse jr. His infant child Died Feb. the 12th 1826.
Mary Stone Wife of Josiah Converse Died Jan. 12, 1849 Age 44 Years.
Matilda Wife of Josiah Converse, Died Dec. 11, 1857. Aged 87, Years.
[Dau. of Jabez Ayers, b. in Brookfield, Mass., a. 87 years, 4 months, 14
days.]
Owen J. son of J. H. & M. K. Converse. Died July 13, 1886. JE. 10 Weeks.
[James Owen, son of Jehial K. and Mary (Leach) Converse, a. 2 months,
17 days.]
Roxana H. Wife of Arad Converse, Died Sept. 14, 1855, JE. 51 Y'rs & 10 Mo's.
Infant Son of J. H. & M. K. Converse Died Oct. 17, 1857.
John Corlis Died Oct. 19, 1837. JE. 51 yrs.
Asenath Corse, JE. 97 Ys. 4 Ms. Dec. 2, 1862.
In memory of Azariah Corse, who Died March 5th 1835. Aged 76 years.
Azariah Corse Jr. Died May 6, 1868. JE. 81 years. [Son of Azariah Corse,
b. in Hebron, N. Y., a. 80 years, 11 months, 15 days.]
Betsey, daughter of Ezeriah & Asenath Corse, died July 24. 1813. aged 3
years & 2 months.
Betsey Sanders, Wife of Azariah Corse, Jr. Died May 11, 1859, JE. 64 y'r
3 mo.
Edgar J. Corse Feb. 12, 1853-
His Wife Hattie A. Whiting Dec. 7, 1842-
Their Son George Clinton May 1, 1881-Mar. 23, 1900*
George Clinton Corse Aug. 29, 1823- June 30, 1903 [Son of Azriah and
Betsee Corse, a. 79 years, 10 months.]
His Wife Ann Janette Houghton June 23, 1821-Sept. 7, 1887 [Dau.
of Joel and Lucy Houghton, d. Sept. 9, 1887, a. 66 years, 2 months,
17 days.]
Albert Chaston Aug. 8, 1851 Jan. 23, 1852
Hubert Clinton Feb. 28, 1856 Mar. 12, 1856
Harriet, daughter of Ezeriah Jr. & Betsey Corse, died Sept. 27. 1814. aged
4 weeks.
Maria, daughter of Azariah Jun. and Betsey Corse, died August 26th AD
1819. aged 1 year & 15 days.
Maria Daughter of Azariah & Betsey Corse, Died Feb. 16 1849 Aged 13
Years & 28 days.
Mary Ann daughter of Azariah & Betsey Corse died May 8 1842 aged 14
years 5 mo. & 2 ds.
Mary C. daugh. of G. & L. Corse died Apr. 12, 1837, JE. 15 mo.
Norman, son of Azariah Jun and Betsey Corse, died March 19th AD 1826.
aged 10 months.
Rensselaer C. son of Gad & Lucella Corse died March 1st 1826. aged 1 month
& 15 days.
*A marker bears the inscription "Mother" (probably indicating the grave of the mother of
Edgar J. Corse), and another marker reads "CUnton."
174 Inscriptions at Baker sfield, Vt. [July
An Infant son, of Ezeriah Jr. & Betsey Corse, was born & died May 1816.
An Infant son. of Ezeriah Jr. & Betsey Corse was born & died March 1817.
In Memory of EHza Brown Wife of Thos. C. Cowan Who Died Dec. 19, 1887
Aged 64 Y'rs. [Dau. of Robert and Maragotta Brown, b. in Amah,
Ireland, a. 64 years, 8 months, 16 days.]
Lizzie E. daughter of Tho's C. & EHza Cowan died Aug. 20, 1870, JE. 5 yrs.
1 m'o. & 5 days. [b. in Berkshire, Vt.]
Susan Wife of Thomas Cowan. Died Nov. 3, 1849. JE. 47 Y.s.
In Memory of Thomas C. Cowan Who Died Aug. 20, 1870, Aged 70 Y'rs.
& 7 Mo. [Son of Thomas and (Craig) Cowen, b. in Lusta,
Ireland.]
Rev. S. B. Currier Co. B. 4th Vt. Vol. Oct. 12, 1835. Jan. 13, 1910.
His Wife Julia J. Arms. Aug. 24, 1847.
Wesley M. son of Rev. S. B. & J. J. Currier, Aug. 23, 1884, Jan. 14,
1888
S. S. Curtis Died Apr. 30, 1917 Aged 56 Yrs.*
Cushing Gordon P. son of A. & A. Cushing, Died Sept. 20, 1896. M. 2
Y's. 4 M's. & 5 D's.
In Memory of Mr. Amos Cutler who died March 24th 1805. aged 34 years.
Dr. George B. Cutler July 12, 1824 Aug. 5, 1911. [George Byron, son of
Joseph Beach and Katherine (Barr) Cutler, b. in Highgate, Vt., a. 87
years, 24 days.]
Lucelia B. wife of Dr. G. B. Cutler, 1828-1903. [Dau. of Welcome
O. and Susan F. (Hunt) Pratt, b. in Bakersfield, March 9, 1827, d.
June 12, 1903, a. 75 years, 3 months, 3 days.]
Rev. Morton L. Hall May 28, 1863. Jan. 23, 1893. [Son of Ambrose
and Malvina (Majoiard) Hall, a. 29 years, 7 months, 23 days.]
Lucy Cutler Died March 1, 1876. Aged 65 years.
Emmer S. Dau. of Samuel & Sylva Cutting, Died Jan. 23, 1876, M.^ 11 Ys. 6
ms. & 9 ds. [Emma S., dau. of Samuel U. and Sylvia M. Cutting.]
Samuel U. Cutting Born Apr. 12, 1824 Died Apr. 30, 1890. [Son of Stephen
and Derexia (Marshall) Cutting, b. in West Boylston, Mass., a. 66
years, 18 days.]
His Wife Sylva M. Brown Born Nov. 6, 1825 Died July 24, 1891.
[Dau. of Josiah and Charlotte (Bills) Brown, a. 66 years, 8 months,
18 days.]
Walter H. Cutting Mar. 8, 1850-Dec. 29, 1913
His Wife Orrilla Maynard Feb. 4, 1848-t
Gaylord H. Feb. 15, 1878-Oct. 21, 1881.
Henry H. Cutting Dec. 11, 1817-Nov. 27, 1909
His Wife Catharine Stewart Dec. 25, 1825-Mar. 18, 1850.
M. D. 1812 ^. 3 ye 6 Mo.J
John E. son of Caleb & Harriet Daggett, Died Oct. 1, 1850, aged 19 yrs &
9 mo's.
Nancy J. daughter of Edward & Nancy Dane, died dec. 24. 1839: in the
24th year of her age.
Almina L. Daughter of Abner H. & Lydia M. Davis Died Dec. 12, 1863.
M. 11 Y's. 14 D's.
Almira. Wife of Solomon Davis Died Oct. 2. 1869, JE. 51 Yrs.
Amos Davis Died July 19, 1841, M. 46 yrs.
Angenett, dau. of A. & D. Davis, Died Aug. 28. 1869, iE. 23 y's. 10 m's &
6 d's.
Anny wife of Solomon Davis Died Aug. 25, 1847, JE. 80 yrs.
*A marker reads "Grandmother," and another marker reads "Mother."
fNow deceased.
JThe surname of this child was probably Dunn.
1920] Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. 175
Arvilla, Dau. of A. H. & L. M. Davis, died. Mar. 24. 1845. JE. 6 m.
Hollis son of Rufus & Sarah Davis died Mar 23, 1864 M. 1 Mo. 5 Ds. [b. at
Bakersfield, d. Mar. 21, 1864, a. 1 month, 3 days.]
Homer H. Davis 1846-1905. [Son of EH and Harriet (Crissie) Davis, b. in
Cambridge, Vt., Aug. 12, 1846, d. March 16, 1905, a. 58 years, 7 months,
4 days.]
His Wife Alberta E. Giddings 1850-
Jennie Brady Wife of Ira Davis Died Feb. 6, 1885 JE. 23 Y'rs.
Leefa, wife of Amos Davis, Died Nov. 21, 1863, M. 69 Yrs. [Relief, dau. of
Mathew and Phebe Gray, d. Nov. 22, 1863, a. 68 years, 1 month, 7
days, widow.]
Sarah A. Daugh. of A. H. & L. M. Davis, died May 24, 1848, ^. 4 Ys & 11
Mo.
Sarah M. Wife of Rufus Davis Died Feb. 23, 1864, iE. 35 Y 5 m. [Dau. of
Daniel and Lucy Gray, d. Feb. 25, 1864.]
Solomon Davis Died Nov. 25, 1857, M, 88 yrs. [b. in Brookfield, Mass., a.
88 years, 2 months, 24 days.]
Solomon Davis Jr. Died Dec. 12, 1876. M. 71 Y'rs.
Timothy C. Son of Solomon & Almira Davis, Died Oct. 26, 1862, JE. 22 y's.
& 7 d's.
Dea. Asa Dean Born in Barnard Vt. Feb. 7, 1788. Died Jan. 18, 1879 JE. 91 Ys.
Harriet A. Wife of Dea. Asa Dean born in Templeton Mass. Oct. 4,
1795, died in Bakersfield Oct 9, 1827, JE. 32 Ys.
Mary S. Wife of Dea. Asa Dean born in Temple N. H. Sept. 18, 1809,
died in Bakersfield, May 28, 1851, M. 42 Yrs.
[C. Ellen (Banister) (Wells) Dean, see inscription to E. S. Wells.]
Cathariner, daughter of Asa & Mary S. Dean Died Dec. 23, 1850. Aged
10 years 5 mo's & 6 days.
[Charlotte H. Dean, see inscription to Gen. S. B. Hazeltine.]
Chaunceye. son of T. & I. Dean, Died Jan. 18, 1870, JE. 9 [?] ys. & 5 ms.
[Son of Truman and Isadore Dean, a. 11 years, 8 months.]*
Daniel Dean Died [illegible] [Son of Robert Dean, b. in Barnard, Vt., d.
Feb. 6, 1872, a. 85 years, 11 months, 18 days.]
Joel Dean Died [illegible] M. 50 Yrs.
George C. son of E. P. & A. G. Dean Died June 29, 1877, M. 2 mos. [George
Cutler, son of Erasmus P. and Alma (Gilbert) Dean, a. 2 months, 4 days.]
Geo. Edwin son of Truman & Ellen Dean Died March 24, 1887. JE. 8 ms.
and 24 ds. [Son of Truman and Ellen (Banister) Wells Dean.]
Georgie [George F., son of Truman Dean, d. July 3, 1875, a. 6 months.]
Harriet E. Dean Died Mar. 28, 1851. JE. 20 y's.
Davisf Henry Dean Oct. 1816. Jan. 1899. [Son of Daniel and Delphia
Dean, b. at Barnard, Vt., d. Jan. 12, 1899, a. 82 years, 3 months.]
Ira F. Dean 1819- [Ira Fay, son of Daniel and Delpha (Farr) Dean (both
b. in Barnard, Vt.), b. Jan. 11, 1819, d. Oct. 1, 1903.]
His Wife Mahalla A. Fanton 1826-
Albertie Dean 1863-1864 [d. Apr. 8, 1864, a. 8 months.]
Amos Dean 1847-1848.
Franklin Dean 1851-1854.
Isadore Abbott, Wife of Truman Dean Died Jan. 9, 1884 JE. 44 Y'rs & 6
M's. [Dau. of Chauncy and Mary Abbott, b. at Abbott's Corners, P.
Q., a. 44 years, 5 months, 21 days.]
Jane S. Paige Wife of Henry Dean 1824. 1893. [Dau. of Gardiner and
Betsey Paige, d. Aug. 1, 1893, a. 69 years, 2 months, 13 days.]
*Illegible portions of this inscription have been replaced by words taken from an inscription
to this child found on the monument of his grandfather, Daniel Dean.
fAs yet there are no Davises buried in this lot, but burials of Davises may take place here in
the future.
176 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [July
Laura J. Burville Wife of Erastus P. Dean Died Mar. 12, 1874, ^. 32 Y'rs.
[Laura P., dau. of Reuben and Lucretia Burville, b. in Ohio, a. 33 years.]
Wd Mary Dean, daugh. of Benj. & Azubah Done, died March 6, 1840; M.
28 years.
Maryann Lorane died October 4th 1820 Aged 19 months daughter of Asa &
f: ! Harriet A Dean.
Polly Jackson Wife of Robert Dean Died Oct. 11, 1892. Aged 89 Years.
Robert Dean, Died Mar. 22, 1864. M. 68 ys.
Baby [Child of Truman and Isadore (Abbott) Dean, d. July 2, 1877, a. 17
days.]
Arthur. Died 1850.*
Harriet N. Died 1852.t
Willie H. Died 1857.t
Louisa Fletcher. Died 1862. §
Children of Horace & Elzina S. Denio.
Timothy Denio 1772-1831
Experience, His Wife 1778-1841
Clarissa G. Daur. of T. &. E. Denio, 1809-1896.
Infant 1807
Harriet N. 1812-1884||
Charles 1813-1814
George W. 1815-189111
Sylvanus A. 1818-1892**
Children of T. & E. Denio.
Nelson C. Dixon Died Aug. 15, 1895. JE. 39 Y'rs. [Son of Moses and Susan
Dixon, b. at Franklin, Vt., d. at Burlington, Vt., a. 39 years, 6 months,
3 days.]
Azubah, daugh of Benj. & Azubah Doane, Died Jan. 30, 1867, M. 67 Ys.
Benjamin Doane, died Aug. 29. 1846, aged 74 years.
Benjamin Doane Born Sept. 16, 1807. Died Nov. 14, 1888. [Son of
Benjamin and Mary Doane, d. Nov. 17, 1888, a. 81 years, 2 months, 1
day.]
His Wife Precinda Died Sept. 15, 1870. M. 55 Y'rs. [Dau. of
Elias and Lucy Lawrence, b. at Enosburg, Vt., a. 56 years, 4
months, 3 days.]
Fanny L. Brown Born Feb. 22, 1844. Died June 13, 1873. [Fanny
(Doane) Brown, dau. of Benjamin and Precinda (Lawrence)
Doane, a. 28 years, 6 months, 8 days.]
Bradley J. Doane 1846-1901. [Son of Henry and Persis Doane, d. June 22,
1901, a. 54 years, 10 months, 11 days.]
Ellen H. Randall His Wife 1850-
Curtis G. Doane Born July 26, 1839 Died Sept. 18, 1878 [Son of Benjamin
and Precinda (Lawrence) Doane, d. Sept. 19, 1878, a. 39 j^ears, 2
months, 9 days.]
H. M. Doane 1840-1913 Member of Co. B. 1st Reg't Vt. Cav'y And Co.
A. 17th Vt. Inf. [Henry Morton, son of Benj. and Precinda (Lawrence)
Doane, b. Dec. 28, 1840, d. Feb. 1, 1913.]
His Wife Mary A. Parlee 1843-1915
Hattie B. Dau. of C. G. & F. H. Doane Died June 8, 1870, ^E. 1 Yr. &
9 Ms.ft
♦Arthur Denio, born Aug. 4, 1850, died Sept. 30, 1850.
tHarriet Newell Denio, born Aug. 31, 1852, died Oct. 16, 1852.
tWillie Horace Denio, born Dec. 9, 1856, died Sept. 23, 1857.-
§Louisa Fletcher Denio, born Aug. 18, 1862, died Aug. 31, 1862.
II Lived and died at Hardwick, Mass.
TILived and died at Hyde Park, Vt.
**Lived and died in Boston, Mass.
tfDaughter of Curtis G. and F. H, (Baker) Doane. — m. l. s.
1920] Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. 177
Sacred to the Memory of Henan S. son of Benjamin & Azubah Doane. who
died Apr 2nd 1808: aged 2 years 7 months & 8 days.
Mildred Infant Dau. of Charles B. & E. Doane Born May 3, 1898, Died
Aug. 25, 1898.
Minnie Daughter of J. W. & E. M. Doane Died May 30, 1890. JE. 9 Y's &
8 Ms. [Dau. of John W. and Emma (Giddings) Doane, a. 9 years, 8
months, 17 days.]
Persis Howe Wife of James H. Doane, Died Sept. 30, 1873, JE. 65 yrs, 10
mo's, & 26 d's. [Persis (Howe) Fuller Doane, dau. of John and Bath-
sheba Howe.]
In Memory of Sophronia Doane who died Sept. 21, 1814, In the 20th year of
her age. Daughr of Benjn. & Azubah Doane.
Baby Infant son of Bradley & Ellen H. Doane. [Son of Bradley and
Ellen H. (Randall) Doane, a. 5 days.]
In memory of Azubah, Wife of Benjamin Done, died June 27. 1845, Aged
72 Ys. & 9 mo.
James H. Done, died June 17, 1847, JE. 44 Y's & 9 Mo.
Wm. S. Downey 1841- Co. E. 3d Reg. Yt. Yol. [Son of Russell and
Eliza (Casey) Downey, d. Dec. 9, 1813, a. 72 years, 7 months, 11 days.]
Jane C. Westcot His Wife 1850-1906
James H. son of Joseph & Paulina Dunham died July 11, 1842 aged 9 years
& 5 mo.
Joseph Albert son of Joseph & Paulina Dunham, died May 6. 1831, aged 3
years & 18 days.
Laura Allen daughter of Joseph & Paulina Dunham, died March 18, 1827
aged 7 months.
B. Dunn 1803....
Betsey Smith, Daughter of John Dunn Esq. Died Jan. 8, 1820, Aged 21
years.
Harriet Wife of Rev. H. Dunn, Died Aug. 26, 1835, in the 21st yr. of her
Age.
In memory of James Dunn died Dec. 29, 1843, Aged 77 years.
Joab S. Dunn Died Nov. 30, 1829. Aged 29 years.
John Dunn Esq. Died Oct. 11, 1835, Aged 64 Years.
John B. Dunn Died Nov. 7, 1828, Aged 26 years.
Lucy Ann; Wife of Rev. L. A. Dunn; Died at Fairfax Mar. 6, 1853, ^. 42
Yrs. Born at Charlestown Mass. Jan. 4 1811.*
In Memory of Margaret Fulton Dunn Born Sept. 20, 1775. Died June 21,
1866. [b. in Schenectady, N. Y., widow.]
Norman Dunn Died Oct. 5, 1847. M. 42 Yrs.
Royal S. Dunn Died March 8, 1846. M. 27 Y'rs.
Mary E. Dwyer Died Mar. 17, 1897, M. 76 Y'rs.
R. E. 1817 iE 8 M.
Hannah B. Holt Wife of Stephen A. Eldredf Died Jan. 27, 1901. JE. 55 Y'rs.
4 Ms. [Hannah Bithena, dau. of Amos and Hannah Holt, b. at Granby,
P. Q., a. 55 years, 4 months, 17 days.]
Asa H. Ewings, Died June 4 1841, JE. 38 Y'rs.
[Stone broken] Died June 21 1858 M. 70 yrs. & 7 Mo. [Dau. of William
and F. Boutwell.lt
Roxana Maynard Wife of Asa H Ewings, Died Sept. 26, 1877, JE. 77 Yrs.
Amos Farnsworth Died Aug. 23, 1850. JE. 46 y's.
Dea. Andrew Farnsworth Born Jan. 20, 1788, at Sterling Mass. Died Apr.
8, 1872, at Peterboro N. H. JE. 84 yrs.
*She died at Fairfax, Vt.
tStephen A. Eldred and his father, Stephen Eldred, are buried at Montgomery Vt. — m. l. s.
JThe gravestone of Mrs. Polly Ewings.
178 Inscriptions at Bakersfield, Vt. [July
In Memory of Anna Farnsworth who died July 24th AD 1825. in the 59th
3^ear of her Age. wife of Jonathan Farnsworth.
Betsey Wife of Prentice Farnsworth Died July 25, 1846, M. 47 Y'rs & 9 mo's.
H. H. Farnsworth 1820-1902
His Wife Laura A. Shattuck 1826-1907
Lucy A. Farnsworth July 31, 1850. JE. 2 Mos.
I. F. Farnsworth 1800-1868. [Isaac F., son of Jonathan and Nancy
(Willard) Farnsworth, d. Oct. 8, 1868, a. 69 years.l
His Wife Asenath Corse 1806-1897
Byron Farnsworth 1832-1901.
Charlotte Farnsworth 1834-1910.
Two Infant Children of I. F. & A. Farnsworth, 1831.
Annie F. Farnsworth 1850-1917
Austin F. Farnsworth 1839-1844.
Milo Farnsworth 1848-1865.
Jonathan Farnsworth died Aug. 23, 1840: Aged 82 years.
Joseph B. Farnsworth Died June 22, 1882 JE. 75 y'rs. 9 m's. & 13 ds.
Lucy Start Wife of Andrew Farnsworth Died Jan. 1, 1826. Aged 28 y'rs
28 ds.
Maria Start Wife of Dea. Andrew Farnsworth. Born Feb. 13, 1801, Died
Jan. 30, 1865, M. 64 jts. [Mariah, dau. of Moses and Peggy (Gould)
Start, a. 63 j^ears, 2 months.]
Orin C. Farnsworth First Vt. Cavalry 1841-1910 [Son of Joseph and
Sophia (Eaton) Farnsworth, b. Mar. 29, 1841, d. Apr. 16, 1910, a. 69
years, 18 days.]
His Wife Sarah Aldrich 1833-1888. [Sarah E., dau. of Prentis and
Betsey Shattuck, b. at Malone, N. Y., d. Aug. 8, 1888, a. 55 years,
7 months, 22 days, a suicide.]
Prentice Farnsworth Died March 9, 1846, M. 55 Y'rs & 10 mo's.
Royal Farnsworth, Died Nov. 9, 1858, Aged 49 y's. & 8 mo. [Son of Jonathan
Farnsworth, a. 49 years, 11 months.]
S. C. Farnsworth M. D. 1837-1903. [Silas C. Farnsworth.]
Sophia Eaton Wife of J. B. Farnsworth, Born in Enosburgh. Dec. 18, 1812,
Died in Bakersfield. Sept. 14, 1887.
In Memory of Ezra Farwell, who died Aug. 23. 1833. aged 35 years 9 months
& 15 days.
Ezra M. Farwell, Died Oct. 6, 1867, iE. 43 yrs. & 7 ms.
Sacred to the memory of Samuel Farwell. who died March 16th 1805 aged
32 years.
In Memory of Betsey daughter of Jonathan & Ruth Fay. who died April
30. 1829. Aged 15 years & 6 months.
Cephas Fay. died Nov. 15th 1816. aged 17 months, son of Jonathan & Ruth
Fay.
Charles W. Fay Sept. 5, 1827, Apr. 21, 1895. Co. D. 4th Regt. Mass.
Heavy Art'l [Son of John and Anna (Olmstead) Fay, b. in Quebec,
P. Q., d. Sept. 5, 1895, a. 55 years, 4 months, 18 days, single.]
Eliakim Fay Died November 25, 1848. Aged 82 Years.
Eliza wife of Edward H. Fay Died March 22, 1853. JE. 22 Y's. 7 M's. &
10 D's.
Hannah Wife of Eliakim Fay, died Oct. 22, 1846. Aged 79 Years.
Ira Fay Died Mar. 12, 1875, JE. 81 Yrs. [Son of Eliakim Fay, b. in Stock-
bridge, Mass.]
Miriam, Wife of Ira Fay, Died Mar. 7, 1879, JE. 84 Ys. & 3 ms.
May Fay Jan. 7, 1814, Jan. 9, 1892.
[To be continued]
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THE DIARY OF MASTER JOSEPH TATE
OF SOMERSWORTH, N. H.
From a manuscript in the possession of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society
[Concluded from page 130]
Monday Night Feb. 25th. 1771. Mr. Robert Rodgers Married to Mrs.
Esther Lord Daughter of Mr. Nathan Lord Junr. & Mrs. Ester Lord
of Berwick.*
Tuesday July 18 1769 Rachel Wilson a Quaker Woman from Old England,
Preach'd at Dover New England.
Friday Night Mar. 15. 1771 Abner youngs house at Lebanon Burnt. Richd.
Hussey Very much Burnt. Francis Pierce, Saml. Holden.
Sunday March ye 24. 1771 One Mary Harford 16. Girl Deprivd of Natural
Reason Daughter of Nicholas Harford of Dover, who Liv'd with Eben-
ezr Clements during Mr. Clements and Wife being at Meeting, she
Smote one Wm. Ward a poor Boy belonging to ye Isle of Shoals with
ye Tongs Cut him in a Barbarous Manner in 2 places on ye Skull &
would have Soon Expired had not Mr. Ephraim Kenny & Wife Provi-
dentially passed that way. sd. Boy's Skull Broke in 2 'places he Dyd on
Sunday March [worn] about 12 o Clock in ye day.
Sunday Mar. 31. 1771 Rebecca Twombly Daughter of Benja. and Susannah
Twombly of Somersworth Dy'd. Buried on Tuesday April 2nd. 1771.
Thursday April 4th. 1771 The Body of ye aforesd. Wm. Ward was Dug up
by ordr. of ye Authority and View'd by [worn] Gage Esq. Coroner &c.
Sd. Mary Harford was Taken on Sd. Day & Commited to Goal.
Thursday April 11. 1771 Mr. Philip Yeaton of Somersworth Dy'd. Buried
on Monday April ye 15th. 1771.
Friday. April 12th. 1771. Mr. Benja Philpot Rais'd a New Barn Near his
Mothers House at Somersworth.
Tuesday Night about 12 o th Clock April 16. 1771 Betty Whitehouse Daugh-
ter of Thos. & Betty Whitehouse of Somersworth Dy'd Bury'd on
Thursday April 18th. 1771. Fast day in New Hampshire. She was
11 Years and 2 Months wanting 2 Days old when she Dy'd.
Wed. April 24. 1771 Eliphalet Cromwel & Ephraim Plumer Launch'd a
New fishing Boat at fresh Creek. Built by Timothy Wattson.
Wednesday May ye 8th. 1771 Jno. Tebbets & Partners Launch'd a New fish-
ing Boat at Somersworth Built by Timothy Wattson. & David Lewis.
Monday May ye 13. 1771 Collo. John Went worth Chosen Representative
for ye Town of Somersworth.
May 23rd. 1771 Joanna Straw a Miserable palefac'd Devil came into my
house my wife being Gone from home & Stole Between 3 or 4 Ounces of
Cotton, my Daughter forbid her, but ye pale fac'd object Took it by
Violence & Sent home in Return about a 3^ of an Ounce of Dirty Cotton
by Ann Roberts Junr.
Wednesday May 22. 1771 Thos. Wentworth Son of Moses Wentworth of
Somersworth was Missing, & found Drowned in ye Great falls River
between ye Bridge & ye Mills. Whats Farther Remarkable ye same
Child was Lost in ye Woods at Tufton Town in May. 1770 where he
was 17 Days and Liv'd only on Berrys, in Violent Storms with Awfull
Thunder & Lightning with abundance of Rain.
*Vide infra, p. 195.
VOL. LXXIV. 12
180 Master Tales Diary [July
Wed. May 29th. 1771 My Son Robert Mov'd his Family up to Lebanon.
Tuesday, May 2. 1771 The first Time of Mr. Cromwels & Mr. Plumers Boat
going out a Fishing.
Wednesday Feb. 13th. 1771 Mr. Daniel Goodwin of Berwick Married to Mrs.
Sarah Hobbs Daughter of Capt. Maurice Hobbs of Bobtick.
Monday June ye 10. 1771 Mary Hall wife of the Revd. Mr. Avery Hall of
Rochester Dy'd & was Buried on Thursday June ye 13th.
Thursday June ye 13th. 1771 Ensn. Ichabod Rollins & [worn] Quinbey
Rais'd a Grist & Fulling Mill at Quampahaggen, (Somersworth Side.)
Fram'd pr Mr. James Roberts.
Friday June ye 14. 1771 Dr. Moses Carr Rais'd a New Barn for his Son
Moses. Near Jonathan Wentworth's.
Saturday June ye 15. 1771 Sally Moor of Somersworth. Dy'd She and Babe
Buried on Monday June ye 17. William Moor's wife.
Tuesday June ye 18th. 1771 Mr. Aaron Roberts's wife Deliver'd of a Son
Nam'd Aaron.
Monday Evening June 24th. 1771 Mr. Josiah Tebbets Mov'd from his
Brother Francis Warrens to ye house he purchased of Mr. William
Denniston.
Saturday July ye 6th. 1771 Mr. Rook Stillians of Berwick Dy'd Aged
Years. Buried on Monday July ye 8th. 1771.
Dartmouth Colledge at Hanover in ye Province of New Hampshire in New
England founded Anno. 1770. The Revd. Mr. Eleazer Wheelock Presi-
dent.
Saturday Night July 13th. 1771 Sarah the wife of Jno. Cole dy'd, (not La-
mented by him, nor Mary Hammock.
Lord wife of Nathan Lord of Bervv^ick Dy'd on Sunday ^bout Seven
o Clock morn'g.
Tuesday July 23rd. ADom. 1771 Lieut. Moses Yeaton & Partners, Viz. Jno.
Kenny Mark Wallingford. Hawl'd a New Schooner from Lieut.
Yeatons to St. Albans Cove. Built pr. Timothy Wattson & David
Lewis
Monday July 22nd. 1771 Mr. James Peery of Berwick an Indefatigable
Cordwainer Married to ye Wo. Kezia Sullivane Wo. of Shougan
seulevane Late of Berwick Deed. Joyner. who dy'd at St. Vincent.
From ye Portsmouth Magazine Friday 12th. 1771 Hear from Damaris-
Cottey that about 3 weeks ago, 3 Men being in a Canoe fishing about
3^ a Mile from ye Shore, a Large Shark came alongsides & after going
Several Times undr. ye Canoe, came up & took ye Man Standing in ye
Middle, overboard Bit him in Two pieces and Swallowed both parts;
afterwards came up to ye Canoe again, when ye other 2 being Terribly
affrighted, hove over all their fish, & Laid themselves down on ye Bot-
tom, on which ye Shark made towards a Boat Lying a Little Distance.
Luckily one of the people had a Gun, on the Sharks coming up alongside
shot him Instantly Dead, They afterwds. Towed him on Shore, opened
him, & Took out the 2 parts of ye Man, & Buried them.
Portsmouth Gazette July. 12th. 1771 We hear from Plastow, that Last
week was Married there by ye Revd. Mr. Arthur Brown ye Revd.
Moses Badger of Haverhill. Ltinenant [sic] Missionary for ye Prov-
ince of N. Hampe. to Miss Mary Saltonstall of Boston.
Thursday July ye 25th. 1771 Mr. Danl. Goodwin's wife of Berwick Salmon
falls Deliverd of a Son (Namd Nathaniel. She was one of ye Daugh-
ters of Capt. Maurice & Mrs. Anne Hobbs, whose Maiden Name was
Perkins.
Thursday Aug. 1st. 1771 Jane Mimmey of Somersworth Deliver'd of Twins
which She Swore on James Roberts, Namely, James, & Mollj^
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Friday Augt. ye 2nd. 1771. Thos. Nock Son of Silvanus Nock Deed.
Drowned in Salmon Falls River, Buried on Saturday ye 3rd.
Sunday Aug. ye 4th. 1771 Gollo. Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth Dy'd
at Capt. Stoodley's at Portsmouth, was Carried up to Somersworth in
the Evening & Buried on Tuesday Aug. ye 6th. Aged 74 Years ye 28th.
day of July Last.
Saturday Dec. 15. 1770 In the Evening of sd. day one Mr. George Fernald
of Portsmouth Wife & Son about 10 Years of Age, Drowned Near
Hendersons point. Between Portsmouth & Newcastle. 1770. (Only
wife & Son Drowned.
Wed. Dec. 19. 1770 Married by ye Revd. Mr. Arthur Browne of Portsmouth
Michael Went worth Esq. to Martha W^entworth Wo. of Governour
Penning Wentworth of New Hampshire Deed.
Wednesday July 31. 1771 Mrs. Ruth Hobbs DeUver'd of a Son Nam'd Eben-
ezer.
July 25. 1771 Mr. Eliphalet Ricker of Somersworth Married to Mrs. Abigail
Pike Daughter of Mr. Thos. Pike of Berwick.
Hannah Wood Daughter of Mr. Danl. & Mrs. Mary Wood of Berwick Dy'd
on Saturday Aug. 10. 1771. Molly Wood Daughter of the abovesd.
Danl. & Mary Wood Dy'd on Friday Aug. ye 16th. 1771.
Thursday Aug. 15th. 1771 Mr. Moses Paul rais'd a New House frame at
Cochecho point (Somersworth).
Isaac Lord. Son of Mr. Saml. & Mrs. Lydia Lord of Berwick Dy'd on Thur.
Sep. 5. 1771.
Sunday Sep. 1st. 1771. Miss Abigail Wallingford Daughter of Cap. Thos.
& Mrs. Abigail Wallingford of Somersworth Broke her Leg.
Salem March 19. 1771 Dy'd on Wed. ye 13th. of this Instant, at Reading
Precinct, Mr. Jno. Bickford, aged about 97 years. He was the father
of 11 Children, 96 Grand-Children, 175 Great-Grand-Children, & one
of the 5th Generation, in all, 283 — To include Marriages with ye several
Branches makes 330.
Monday Sep. 16. 1771 Mrs. Olive Roberts Wife of Mr. Nathan Roberts of
Somersworth D3^'d. Buried on Thursday ye 19th.
Monday Sep. 16. 1771 Mr. David Tinney Preach'd a Lecture Sermon at
Somersworth. Text 2 Chap. Hebrews, 1st. part of ye 3rd. Verse. He
was ordaind Minister of ye Town of Barrington on Wed. ye 18th. of
Sep. 1771 Ordination Sermon preach'd by ye Revd. Chandler
of Rowley, Great Uncle to sd. Tinney. Text Taken from
Monday Sep. 16. 1771 Mrs. Martha Pike'' Wife of Mr. John Pike of Somers-
worth Deliver'd of a Son Named Nathaniel.
Sunday Evening Sep. 22nd. 1771 Cap Ebenezer Ricker Married to Mrs.
Elizabeth Wallingford Daughter of Capt. Thomas & Mrs. Abigail
Wallingford of Somersworth.
Ebenezer Hobbs Son of Mr. James & Mrs. Ruth Hobbs of Somersworth Dy'd
on Tuesday Sep. ye 24. ADomini 1771.
Tuesday Aug. 6. 1771 During my Wife and Daughters absence, they Being
at Collo. Wallingfords Funeral Love Roberts Junior Climb 'd up ye
side of my house, into ye Chamber Window, I saw him in ye Chamber,
he made his Escape by Jumping out at ye other Window, my Chest was
Broke open, I Lost near 4. of Old Cheese, with some Tea & Coffee,
Mr. James Roberts was Sawing at ye Lower Mill, & saw him make
his Escape.
Mrs. Dorothy Garvin Capt. James Garvin Junior's Wife Deliver'd off a
Daughter Nam'd Sarah.
Thursday Night Sep. 26. 1771 Wm. Plaistead Junrs. wife Deliverd of a
Daughter, Nam'd Naomi.
182 Master Tate's Dianj [July
Friday Morn October ye 4. 1771. Danl. Straws wife Joanna Deliver'd of a
Daughter Nam'd
Nathl. Pike Son of Mr. Jno. Pike of Somersworth Dy'd on Sunday Night
Sep. 29th. 1771.
Thursday Oct. ye 10th. 1771 Mr. David Moore of Berwick Launch'd a Ship
of 220 Tun Burthen.
Eliz. Rankins Daughter of Joseph Rankins of Towwon, (Aut Lebanon,)
Dy'd at Collo. John Wentworth's at Somersworth on Monday about 3
Minutes after 10 o Clock. A. M. Nov. 4. 1771. Buried on Tuesday
Nov. 5th. 1771
Sunday Oct. 27th. 1771. Martha Warren Daughter of Mr. James Warren
Junr. of Berwick Dyd.
Friday Nov. 8th. 1771 Ehzabeth Clements Daughter of Mr. Saml. & Mrs.
Sarah Clements of Somersworth Dy'd Friday Nov. 8th. 1771*
Thursday Morn. Jan. 3. 1771 The Brig Greyhound James Garvin Junr.
Master from Portsmouth [worn] of Barbados, oversat in ye Lat[worn]
Where they Continued on ye Wreck 3 days & Ni[u'orn] Taken oft by a
French Guinea Man from [worn] Bound to Nantz. then put on Board
ye [illegible] Jno. Hall Master, & Carried into Tinmouth in Old Eng-
land.
Mr. Moses Goodwin of Berwick Dy'd on Sat[u'orn] Feb. ye 8th. 1772.
Mrs. Susannah Wallingford Wo. of Jno. Wallingford Deed. Dy'd on Sunday
Feb. ye 9th. 1772.
Dec. 3rd. 1771 Tuesday Revd. Murray Preach'd at Berwick . . .
Tuesday Dec. 3. 1771 Capt. Richd. Waldron of Dover Dy'd.
Monday Dec. 16th. 1771 Mr. Benja. Evans Married to Elizabeth Ricker
Daughter of Eliz. Marden whom She Laid to Ephraim Ricker.
Friday Morn Dec. 27th. 1771 Mr. Josha. Roberts of Somersworth Dy'd.
Nov. 1st. 1759 Philip Pappoon Tumbled thro' ye Middle Mill on Salmon
falls Somersworth Side & fractur'd his Skull. & on Friday Evening
Jan. 3rd 1772 he Tumbled over ye Middle Mill Damm, dyd on Thursday
Night Jan 9th. 1772 Buried on Saturday 11th.
Thursday Morn about 4 o the Clock Jan. 16th. 1772 Mrs. Dorcas Lord Dy'd.
Daughter of Mr. Saml. Lord of Berwick.
Friend John Hoddesdon Married to Susannah Hussey, Daughter of Joseph
Hussey of Somersworth Deed, on Wed. Jan. 22nd. 1772 John Heddesdon.
Mrs. Margaret Lord Wife of Mr. Nathan Lord of Kittery Deed, dy'd on
Wed. Jan. 22nd 1772 in ye 89th. Year of her Age. whose Maiden name
was Margaret Hearl. She had been ye Mother of 18 Living Children.
A Note of Hand. For Value Reed. I Promise to pay to the Widow Eliza-
beth Gray or ordr. to ye Value of Nine pounds Lawfull Money in Mer-
chantable white Pine Boards at a Convenient Landing at ye Market
Price one third within a Month from ye date hereof, & ye other Two
thirds at or before ye Tenth day of Oct. Next, as Witness my hand
Saml. Warren. Ju[worn] Somersworth Feb. 5. 1772.
Monday Evening Feb. ye 10th. 1772. Mr. 'John Grizzel Married to Mrs.
Sally Brock of Somersworth by ye Revd. James Pike. Alias John Gris-
would.
Mrs. Mercy Warren 1st. Wife of Mr. Benjamin Warren of Somersworth Dy'd
March 17th. 1758. Mercy his Last Child by his 1st. Wife dy'd Apr.
16th. 1758.
Mr. Benja. Warren was Married to his 1st. Wife whose Maiden Name was
Mercy Nock, Dn. Thos. Nock Deeds. Daughter on Aug. ye 5th. 1744.
*This entry is given on p. 46 of the late James Swift Rogers's typewritten copy of Master
Tate's Diary, but the Editor has not been able to find it in the original manuscript of the Diary.
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& Married his 2nd. Wife Mehetable Smith Capt. Thos. Smith Deeds.
Widow on Nov. 25. 1760.
Mr. Benja. Warren Son of Mr. James Warren of Berwick was Born on July
ye 27th. 1723.
Mr. John Mc.kleroy of Somersworth Dy'd on
Sunday Feb. 16th. 1772 Mrs. Martha Mckleroy Wo. of ye abovesd. Jno.
Mckleroy Dy'd.
Deacon Moses Stevens Born Sunday Aug. 13th. 1708. Sarah Second Wife
of Deacon Moses Stevens Born Oct 18. 1726. Daughter of Lieut. Saml.
Roberts of Somersworth. The first of ye Deacons Removal to Somers-
worth was on
Thursday Nov. 19. 1771 Mr. Jethro Horn Married to Mrs. Mary Stiles.
Both of Somersworth. by the Revd. James Pike.
Monday Feb. 24. 1772 A Number of The Towns people of Somersworth sat
out for Lebanon in order for to Get Timber for a New Meeting House
wch they cutt off ye School Lot at Lebanon, & on Tuesday came on a
Violent storm of Snow Hail & Rain Tuesday June 23rd. 1772 they Be-
gan Framing, Tuesday June 30 Began Raising & finish'd Raising on
Wed. July 1st. Fram'd by one Josiah Clark of Nottingham. 1st.
Sermon preach'd in ye New Meeting house before it was finish'd pr. ye
Revd. James Pike on Sunday Aug. 1st. 1773. Aug. ye 12th. 1773 A
New Spire Rais'd pr. Jno. Webster of Mr. Pikes Text was in ye
87th. Psalm 2nd. Verse
Mr. Zachariah Nock of Berwick Dy'd on Wednesday Feb. 26. 1772.
Major John Hill of Berwick Dy'd on Mon[worn] March 2nd. 1772. Buried
on Frid[worn] 6th. were disappointed of Burying on Friday by [ivorn]
of a Violent Storm of Snow Rendering Unpassable. Majr. Hill was not
Buried till Saturday Mar. 7th. 1772 in ye 70th Year of his Age.
Mrs. EHzabeth Hill 1st. Wife of ye abovesaid Major Jno. Hill Dy'd on Sun-
day January ye 2nd. 1763. ^tis 55 Years.
Mrs. Hannah Goodwin wife of Mr. Dominick Goodwin of Berwick Dyd on
Tuesday March ye 10th. 1772. Aut Dominicus Goodwin.
Mr. Ephraim Hanson of Dover Dy'd on Tuesday Night March ye 24. 1772
Buried on Friday March ye 27th.
Wed. Apr. 1st. 1772. Mr. Ebenezer Hall of Sandford Married to Mrs. Mary
Goodwin of Berwick by the Revd. James Pike of Somersworth. Who
Genteelly beg'd their AVedding dinner at Cap. T. W s at Somers-
worth, She was Daughter of Mr. James & Mrs. Margaret Goodwin of
Berwick.
Mrs. Mary Hoddesdon Wife of Mr. Israel Hoddesdon of Berwick dy'd on
April ye 14. 1772. Buried on Friday April 17. She was one of Mr.
Saml. Lords Daughters of Berwick.
Mrs. Kezia Peery Wife of James Peery of Berwick aut Massabeseck Dyd
Saturday Apr. ye 18th. 1772 She was Daughter of Mr. Charles &
Mrs. Kezia Grant of Ber'k & Wo of Shougan Oseulevane of Berwick
Deed. Tis Reported ye sd. James brought his sd. wife to her fathers
in a Sleigh from Massabeseck & there Left her without leaving any
Support, & never came more to See her till she was Buried. . . .
Friday May 1st. 1772 Eunice Goodwin Daughter of Mr. Danl. & Mrs.
Martha Goodwin of Berwick killd with Lightning her Brother Stunn'd.
Buried on Sunday ye 3rd.
Mrs. Love Millet of Dover Dy'd Nov 1st. 1763
Mr. Paul Gerrish Dy'd Nov. 2nd. 1763.
Mr. Moses Roberts of Dover Dy'd Nov. 3rd. 1763.
Mr. Cutt Shannon of Portsmouth Dy'd Suddenly on Dec. 19th. 1763.
Mr. Otis Pinkham Dy'd on Dec. 19th. 1763
184 Master Tate's Diary [July
Mr. Ebenezer Adams of Durham Dy'd Dec. 6th. 1764
Mr. Joseph Wentworth of Somersworth Dy'd Jan. 26. 1765
Major Joseph Smith of Durham Dy'd July 18th. 1765.
Mr. Andrew Marshal of Dover Dy'd Sep. 2nd. 1765.
Honble. Henry Sherburn of Portsmouth Dy'd Mar. 3rd. 1767.
Mr. Saml. Jones's wife of Somersworth Dy'd Feb. 10th. 1763
Mr Aaron Goodwin of Berwick Dy'd on Tuesday May 5th. 1772.
Mr. Timothy Davis. Late of Berwick Dy'd Suddenly at Deer Wander on
Tuesday May 12th. 1772.
The Revd. Mr. Avery Hall of Rochester Married to Mrs. Abigail Pike By
the Revd. Mr. James Pike of Somersworth father of the Sd. Abigail
Pike on Sunday Evening May 17th. 1772.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker of Berwick Dy'd on Monday June ye 1st. 1772.
Monday April ye 27th. 1772 Mr. David Ricker Son of Mr. Meturen Ricker of
Somersworth taken by Mr. Paul Wentworth Constable by Warrant from
2. Girls, one Deliverd of a Child which she swore on him Viz. Mary
Ricker, ye other Lydia Noble then being big with Child by him
Mrs. Mary Jones Wife of Mr. William Jones of Berwick Dy'd on April ve
29th. 1771.
Cap. James Holland of Portsmouth Married to Mrs. Sarah Higgins Daughter
of Mr. Tilley & Mrs. Mary Higgins of Berwick on Thursday May 21st.
1772.
Sunday Night June ye 7th. 1772 Mr. David Ricker Married to Mrs. Ljdia
Noble who Swore herself to be with Child by him as above.
Monday June ye 15th. 1772 Mr. Wm. Brock of Somersworth Married to
Mrs. Elizabeth Mason Wo. of Isaac Mason of Somersworth Deed. &
Daughter of Mr. Elijah Bunker of Dover, pr. ye Revd. Jeremiah Bel-
knap.
April 15. 1772 Mr. Thomas Nock Married to Mrs. Sarah Scates Daugter
of Mr. John Scates of Berwick pr. ye Revd. Mr. Matthew Miriam.
Mrs. Mary Grant Daughter of Mr. Charles and Mrs. Kezia Grant Dy'd on
Saturday June ye 20th. Buried on Monday June 21. 1772.
Friday June 26th. 1772 Mr. David Moore of Berwick Launch'd a New Ship,
for Capt. Supply Clap.
Monday June 22nd. 1772 a piece of Land Sank on Collo. Thos. Wallingfords
Land of Somersworth Deed. Lying at a place called ye 9 Notches on
Berwick Side.
Born Friday Morn June 26. 1772 Mrs. Eiiz. Ricker wife of Capt. Ebenr.
Ricker of Somersworth Deliver'd of a Son Nam'd. Thomas.
Wednesday July 1st. 1772 Jno. Griswould Mov'd from Somersworth his wife
& David Goodwins wife in ordr. to go to Springfield.
Mrs. Olive Row Wife of Mr. Saml. Row of Berwick Dy'd on June 1772.
2 Sons of Mr. Joshua Chadbourn of Philips Town Drown'd on June ] 772.
Jonathan Young Son of Mr. Jonathan Young of Rochester DrowTied on
July 1772. [Sunday Sep[wor7i] 7 o Clock added in another hand-
writing.]
Wed. July 15th. 1772 Mrs. Abigail Drew Wo. of Mr. Jno. Drew of Somers-
worth Deed. Dyd, Bury'd on Thursday July 16th.
Saturday about one o Clock Elizabeth Whitehouse Daughter of Mr. Richd.
and Mrs. Hannah Whitehouse Born July 25. 1772
Mrs. Sarah Hill 2nd. Wife of Major Jno. Hill of Berwick dy'd on Thurs.
Aug. 13. 1772.
Capt. William Preston Married to Miss Molly Laver of Somersworth by ye
Revd. James Pike on Sunday Aug. ye 2nd. 1772.
Mrs. Debby Stiles Daughter of Mr. Wm. & Mrs. Lydia Stiles of Somers-
worth Dy'd on Tuesday Augt. ye 25th. 1772.
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Friend Stephen Austin Married to Mrs. Abigail Saunders on Sunday June
the 28th. 1772.
Mr. Saml. Frost Married to Miss Esther Mason Daughter of Mr. Jno. &
Mrs. Esther Mason of Somersworth on Monday July the 13th. 1772.
[In another handwriting an undecipherable character has been added, fol-
lowed by the words 1817 May 3rd.]
Thurs. Just before Night Sep. 4th. 1772 Abraham Wadley son of Mr. Moses
Wadley of Berwick was Drown'd in Newichawannick River.
Mr. Charles Libbey of Berwick dy'd on Tuesday Morng Sep. 8th. 1772
Buried on Thursday ye 10th.
Mr. Thomas Wallingford Son of Mr. Ebenezer & Mrs. Mary Wallingf ord dy'd
on Friday Sep. 11th. 1772. & was buried on Sunday ye 13th. his death
was Occasioned by ye fall from a horse, about 2 Hours before his Death.
Tuesday Nov. 10th. 1772. A General Review of the Militia at Dover pr.
his Excellency Jno. Wentworth Esq.
Tuesday Nov. 10. 1772 Mr. David Moore Launch'd a New Ship.
Thursday Nov. 12. 1772 Solomon Goodwin Executed at Falmouth for ye
Murder of David Wilson.
James Estes Son of Mr. Danl. & Mrs. Mary Estes of Berwick dy'd Suddenly
on Friday Evening Oct. 9th. 1772
Monday Oct. 12th. 1772 Mrs. Mary Walton Deliver'd of a Daughter which
she Laid on Jno. Pierce of Berwick. Nam'd Sarah.
Tuesday Night Nov. 24th. 1772 Zac. Nock Junr. Taken by Capt. Moses
Yeaton for Stealing of Logs from Jona. Wentworth Turnd King's
Evidence on Wednesday & was Releas'd. (on Wednesday.
Thur. Dec. 3. 1772. Thanksgiving in Both Provinces my house was Broken
open & my Chest Broken open & Stole out of my Chest 3 pints of rum
Thieves W Plaistead & Miles Ford.
Thursday Evening Dec. 10th. 1772 That Infernal Rogue Dick Turpin Shot
my Dog. Alias Benja. Evans.
Wed. Dec. 2. 1772 Mr. Joseph Ricker of Berwick Dy'd.
Sunday Dec. 20th. 1772 Mr. Charles Grant Junior of Berwick Married to
Miss Sydney Leary of Somersworth pr. the Revd. Mr. James Pike.
Monday Dec. 21st. 1772 Mr. Ichabod Roberts Married to Mrs. Susannah
Roberts Daughter of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Joanna Roberts of Somers-
worth, pr. ye Revd. Mr. James Pike.
Tuesday Dec. 29th. 1772 Deborah Rankins Daughter of Mr. Joseph Rankins
Late of Lebanon Deed. Dy'd at Collo. Jno. Went worths at Somers-
worth Whats Remarkable her Sister Eliz. dy'd at sd. Collo. Went-
worths on Monday about 3 Minutes after 10 Nov. 4. 1771.
James Prime Son of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lydia Prime of Berwick dyd on Dec.
31st. 1772.
Mr. Danl. Plumer of Fresh Creek Dy'd on Friday Jan. 8th. 1773. ^Etis.
Mr. Thos. Roberts & Mrs. Eliz Warren Married on Monday Night Jan. 18th.
1773 pr. ye Revd. James Pike at Somersworth
Thursday Feb. 18. 1773 Madam Eliz. Wallingfords Negro Phillis Dy'd.
Priscilla Hodsdon Wife of Cap. Caleb Hodsdon of Dover Dy'd on Sunday
Feb. 21. 1773.
Thursday Feb. 25. 1773 Mr. Joseph Peevey's wife of Berwick Dy'd.
Thursday Feb. 25. 1773 Mr. Jno. Field of Dover Dy'd.
Friday Feb 26. 1773 Mr. Moses Paul of Somersworth Dy'd.
Mrs. Christina Baker of Dover Dy'd on 1773
Mr. Jno. Brown of Somersworth Dy'd on Sunday Evening Mar. 7th. 1773.
Sally Chadbourn Daughter of Benja. Chadbourn Esq. of Berwick Dy'd on
Wed. Morn. Mar. 24. 1773.
Mr. John Gushing of Boston Married to Miss Olive Wallingford Daughter of
186 Master Tate's Diary [July
The Honble. Collo. Thos. Wallingford Esq. of Somersworth Deed, on
Tues. Apr. 6 1773
Mr. Jno. Pray of Berwick Dy'd on Wed. Night Apr. 7th. 1773.
Mrs. Ann Heard Wife of Mr. Trustham Heard Junr. of Berwick & Daughter
of Dn. Saml. Wentworth Dy'd on Tues. Apr. 20th. 1773.
Mrs. Deborah Stacpole Wife of Mr. Aaron Stacpole of Somersworth Dy'd on
Monday May 3rd. 1773
Wo. Eliz Husse}^ of Somersworth Dy'd on Monday May. 3rd. 1773.
Gideon Warren's Son Dyd (aut Drownd in ye Tan pit on Tues. May
4th. 1773
Mrs. Martha Lord Wife of Cap. Ebenr. Lord of Berwick dy'd on Wed.
May 5th. 1773.
Thurs May 6. 1773 Mr. John Welch went to Portsmouth in order to be Mar-
ried to Mrs. Debby Tuttle But w^hen came there had like to have been
J)efeated pr. Alexr M'Intire.
Tues. June 1st. 1773 Mr. Perry School Master at Kittery killd with
Thunder.
Friday May 21st. 1773 Wm. Jones Innholder at Portsmouth was Taken up
adrift who drownd himself on Dec. 24. 1772.
William Prestons Wife (Mary) dy'd on Friday June 4th. 1773.
Monday Eveng May 17. 1773 A dreadfull Gust of Wind & Rain, with awfull
Thunder & Lightning a Number of people coming up the River Loaden
with Rock weed. Viz. Mr. Saml. Lord 3rd. of Berwick, Mrs. Lucy Lord
& Jonathan Hardison, Mr. Jacob Quinbey, Mr. Josiah Tebbets, Mr.
Charles & Mrs. Molly Stacpole. ye Boat oversat Near Sturgeon
Creek. & 3 of them were drownd. Viz. Mr. Saml. Lord, Mrs. Lucy Lord,
& Jonathan Hardison, ye Rest Narrowly Escap'd ye same fate sd.
Lucy & Jonathan were Taken up on ye Next day. Saml. not Taken
up till Sunday May 30. Taken up in ye Back River by Timothy
Clements. Saml. Lord Born Saturday Feb. 8. 0. S. 1735.
Friend Thomas Hanson of Dover fell down dead at Philip Door's Door, at
Lebanon on Thur. June ye 17. 1773 he was Going to hitch his Horse
to ye Fence June 17. 1773.
Wed. June 9th. 1773 Mr. Paul Wentworth Raisd a Grist Mill at ye Great
Falls on Somersworth Side.
Collo. Jno. Gage of Dover Taken Sick on Wed. Night June ye 23rd. Dy'd
on Friday June 25 & Buried on Sunday June the 27. 1773
Mr. Abner Clements of Somersworth Dy'd on Sunday July ye 4th. & Bur-
ied on Monday July ye 5th. 1773.
Mr. Mark Wallingford of Somersworth Dyd on Monday Night about 3^
after 10 July 5th. & Buried on Wednesday July 7th. 1773.
Mr. John Wood of Dover Dy'd on Tuesday July ye 27th. 1773
Monday Aug. 2nd. 1773 Mr. Taylor Goodwin of Berwick Drowned.
Monday Aug. 23rd. 1773 Mr. Jno. Picker's Negro Tony Dy'd Buried on
Wed. ye 25
Wed. Aug. 25th. 1773 The Middle Saw Mill at Salmon falls Berwick Side
Raisd fram'd pr. Ebenezer Hanson.
Mr. Spencer Wentworth of Dover Dy'd on Thursday Aug. ye 5th. 1773.
Bury'd on ye 7th.
Anne Pray Daughter of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Mary Pray of Berwick dy'd on
Wednesday Sep. 22nd. 1773.
Maurice Hobbs Son of Mr. Maurice & Mrs. Sarah Hobbs of Somersworth
Dy'd on Saturday Evening Oct. ye 2nd. 1773.
Friend Benja. Estes of Berwick Dyd on Monday October ye 4th. 1773.
Capt. Archibald Smith Mov'd from Somersworth to Massabeseck on Tues-
day October ye 5th. 1773.
1920] Master Tate's Diary 187
Wm. Plaistead Junrs. Child Dyd on Oct 1773 Born & Buried on Thurs.
Oct. 14. 1773.
Friday Oct. 15th. 1773 Mr. Woodberry Langden Launch'd a New Ship (Built
by Mr. David Moore, Master Builder Joseph Field, Mr. Moore Remain-
ing in Exile.)
Ebenezer Roberts Junr. Mov'd from Somersworth for Massabeseck on
Tuesday Oct. ye 12th. 1773
Monday Oct. ye 25th. 1773 Mr. William Jones of Berwick Married to ye
Wo. Eliz. Roberts Wo. of Thos. Roberts Late of Somersworth by ye
Revd. Haven of Portsmouth.
Friday April 16th. 1773 One Jno. King a Gaul, Shot Jos. Moulton Deputy
Sheriff at Portsmouth.
Mr. Thos. Roberts's Childrens Names & Birth, who Married Mrs.
Elizabeth Warren on Monday Night Jan. 18. 1773.
Daniel Born Sunday Aug. ye 8th. 1773
Peter Born Saturday May 6th. 1775
Mr. William Stiles Junrs. who Married Mrs. Sarah Lahhee on August
ye 20th. 1772
Frederick Stiles Born on Thur. May 27. 1773
Mr. Charles Grants' who Married Sydney Leary on Sunday Dec. 20.
1772.
Son Saml. Born Sunday Evening Oct. 31. 1773.
Kezia Born Jan 17. 1777.
Jane Grant Born Saturday Aug 28. 1779.
Mr. Ichabod Roberts's who Marrd Mrs. Susannah Roberts on Monday
Dec. 21. 1772.
Job Roberts Born Jan. 19th. 1774
Mr. Richd. Whidden's who Married Mrs. Hannah Whitehouse on
Aug 15th. 1773.
Son Born on Saturday Night about 10. o th Clock May
7th. 1774
Mr. James Clements's who Married with Ricker on
Elizabeth Born on June ye 1771
James on Aprl. ye 8th. 1773.
Mr. Reuben Down'ss who Married Hannah Roberts on Thursday
July 21st. 1774
Molly Downs Born Friday Nov. 11. 1774
John Downs Born Sep. 10. 1776
Mr. Benja. Quinbey Junrs. who Married Miss Lydia Clements on
Thurs. Feb. 2. 1775.
Nancy Quinbey Born Friday Night Dec. 29. 1775
Betsey Born June 14. 1777.
Capt. Ebenezer Hobbs's who Married Miss Eliz Chadwick on
Lydia Hobbs Born Fri. Nov. 17. 1775
The Oldest Child, David Born March 19th. 1774
Mr. Joshua Roberts Junrs. who Married Miss Joanna Wentworth.*
Son Born Friday Night Jan. 12. 1776.
Mr. David Rickers' who Married Lydia Noble on Sunday Night June
ye 7th. 1772.
Amos Ricker Born Thur. Sep. 15. 1772
Sarah Born Wed. Dec. 14th. 1774.
David & Lydia Born Sep. 6. 1776.
*Vide supra, p. 39.
188 Master Tate's Diary [July
Mr. Wm. Horn Junrs. who Married Miss Sarah Welland Oct. 13th.
1774 Sarah Welland Born June 2. 1753.
Martha Horn Born Feb. 22. 1775
Mr. Jonathan Wentworth Junrs. who Married to Miss Esther White-
house on Dec. 5th. 1772
John Wentworth Born Feb. 24th. 1773
Elias Born May 22nd. 1775.
Mr. Robert Swainson's Who Married the Wo. Phebe Garland on Tues-
day Nov. 26. 1776.
Son Robert Born on Saturday May 3rd. 1777
Mr. Francis Yeaton Junrs. who Married Miss Elizabeth Roberts on
Sunday Night Nov. 24. 1776.
Mr. Enoch Ricker's who Married Miss Esther Roberts, on Thurs.
Jan. 2. 1776.
1st. a Son Nathaniel Born Saturday Aprl. 19th. 1777
Benja. Warren Junr. Movd from Somersworth to Massabeseck on Tuesday
Nov. ye 2nd. 1773.
Thursday Nov. 4th. 1773 Mr. Wm. Jones of Berwick Mov'd his Wife from
Somerswth who was Wo. of Thos. Roberts of Somerswth Deed.
James Kenny of Somersworth Dyd at Mr. William Downs's at pine Hill
on Berwick side on Tuesday Nov. 9th. 1773.
Mr. Ephraim Ricker of Somersworth Dy'd on Friday Morn Dec. ye 17.
1773. ^tis Buryd on Monday Dec. 20. . . .
Sunday Morn Dec. 26. 1773 Wm. Horns House catch'd fire and Burnt
down, at Dover.
Monday Nov. 15. 1773 Mr. Ebenr. Wentworth Vendu'd the Remaindg.
part of his Estate to Groggy Jos. Hambleton & Jno. Foss
Dn. Moses Stevens Mov'd his Goods from Somersworth in order for Massa-
beseck on Tues. Jan. 25. 1774
Saturday Jan 29. 1774. Jane Mimmys Daughter Sarah Dy'd which she
swore on Wm. Chadwick Bury'd on Mon. Jan. 31.
Sunday Night Jan. 30. 1774 Tim Hansons Daughter Deliverd of a Daughter
Layd to Jos. Cook Junr.
Jan. 5th. 1693 Friend Job Hussey Born
Wed. Feb 21 1774. Mr. William Plaisted & Son Wm. & families mov'd from
Somersworth for a place called Moultons Gore.
Friday Jan. 21. 1774. Elizabeth Kenny of Somersworth Dy'd Jno. Kennys
wife.
Monday Jan. 31. 1774 Mr. Benja. Hodsdon of Berwick dv'd. Burv'd on
Feb. 2. 1774.
Charles Stacpole's Leg Broke on Monday Jan ye 31. 1774.
Monday Feb 7th. 1774 Mr. Saml. Lord of Berwick Dyd Suddenly, he was
father of Saml. Lord who was Drowned on May ye 17. 1773. Buried
on Wed. 9th.
Tuesday Feb. 8. 1774 Mrs. Eliz. Gooding Wife of Capt. Ichabod Gooding
of Berwick Dy'd Buryed on Friday Feb. 11.
Thursday Feb. 10th 1774 Mr. Henry Smith Married to Mrs. Susannah
Hodsdon Daughter of Mr. Jno. Hodsdon Late of Berwick Deed. pr.
ye Revd. Jacob Forster.
Lucy Ricker Daughter of Molly Ricker which she swore on David Ricker,
Dy'd on Saturday February ye 12th. 1774. Bury'd on Tuesday the
15th.
Capt. John Rollins Daughter Elizabeth Dy'd March 1774. Buried on
Saturday Mar. 21. 1774
My Son Benja. Married to Judith Cole on Thursday Mar. ye 1774.
1920] Master Tate's Diary 189
Mr. John Higgins Rais'd a New house at ye Turn of ye Ways Near Mr.
Rodgers's on Berwick Side on Thursday April ye 7th. 1774.
Mrs. Mary Hanson Wife of Mr. Danl. Hanson of Somersworth Dy'd on
Sunday Morng. April 17. 1774.
Serjt. Saml. Jones of Somersworth Dy'd on Wed. April 20. 1774 Buried on
Friday 22.
Mrs. Ellis Pray Wife of Mr. Moses Pray of Berwick dy'd on Sunday April
25. [sic] 1774.
Mr. Joseph Wentworth Deeds. Widow Rachel, of Somersworth, Dy'd on
Sunday May ye 1st. 1774.
Mr. Saml. Whitehouse of Philipstown Married to Mrs. Mary Archibald on
April ye 7th. 1774 pr. ye Reved. Jacob Forster.
James Prime Son of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lydia Prime of Berwick Born on
Jan. ye 19. 1774
Saml. Heard Son of Dn. Trustham Heard of Berwick Drown'd on July
14. 1774.
Wo. Olive Davis Sister of Capt. Ichabod Goodwin of Berwick Dyd on
Friday June 10. 1774
Tuesday July 12. 1774. My son Robert Carried to York Goal pr. Mr. Joseph
Prime. Rong Dr. pr. yt. Notori[?(;orn] Infernal Devil (Lydia Lord)
Wed. July 6. 1774 Esq. Rollins Negro Jack fell thro' ye Mill at Quampa-
haggen Somersworth Side.
Friday Sep. 2nd. 1774. Mr. Jno. Murray Junr. of Berwick Killd by a Cart
Wheel Loaded with Rocks.
Tuesday Sep. 6. 1774 Mrs. Martha Marshal Wife of Mr. Nahum Marshal
of Berwick Dy'd. Buried on Wed. 7
Monday Sep. 19. 1774 Miss Polly Chadbourn Daughter of Benja. Chadbourn
Esq. of Berwick Dy'd. Bury'd on Tuesday ye 20th.
Saturday Sep. 24. 1774 A Saw Mill Raisd at Quampahaggen Somersworth
pr. Messrs. Ichabod Rollins Esq. Mr. Jonathan Hambleton & Mr.
Noah Ricker.
Tuesday Oct. 4th 1774 Jno. Marshal son of Mr. Nahum & Mrs. Martha
Marshal Deed. Dy'd. Berwick. Buried on Wed. 5.
Saturday Oct. 22. 1774. Mr. Aaron Stevens hawld his Brother David's
Old Shop in ordr. for a Dwelling house & on Monday 3^e 24. hawld it
Near Mr. David Lyfords. (to ye port Meant.
Sunday Nov. 6. 1774 Mrs. Lydia Hodsdon Wife of Mr. Stephen Hodsdon of
Berwick Dy'd.
Tuesday Nov. 15. 1774 Joseph Hanson Son of Ephraim Hanson of Dover.
Deed. Dy'd.
Sunday Night Dec. 18th. 1774 about 12 a Clock at Night or as some Judg'd
it to be near one on Monday Morning My Dear Daughter Molly Dy'd,
Buryed on Tuesday ye 20th.
Wed. Dec. 21. 1774 My Wifes Daughter Elizabeth Tod Broke her Leg in
going home from my house.
Tuesday Night. Dec. 20. 1774 Mr. John Costelow a Dublin Lad Married to
ye Wo. Lydia Lord of Berwick pr. ye Revd. Jeremiah Belknap of Dover
in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England.
Saturday Dec. 31. 1774 Capt. Timothy Roberts ol Rochester Dy'd Bury'd
on Tuesday Jan ye 3. 1775
Sunday Evening Jan 8th. 1775 Mr. David Nichols of Berwick Dy'd. Bury'd
on Tuesday Jan 10.
Mr. George Ham of Portsmouth Married to Mrs. Rachel Garvin of Somers-
worth pr. ye Revd. James Pike on Thursday Januarj^ the 12th. 1775
Somersworth Tuesday January ye 17. 1775 Collo. John Wentworth's Negro
Tom fell in ye fire & Burnt to Death.
190 Master Tate's Diary [July
Thursday Night Jan. 24. 1775 Mr. Miles Bracket Married to Mrs. Lydia
Key Daughter of Mr. Peter Key of Berwick Deed.
Thursday Feb. 2nd. 1775 Mr. Benja. Quinbey Married to Mrs. Lydia Clem-
ents Daughter of Mr. Saml. & Mrs. Sarah Clements of Somersworth
pr. the Revd. James Pike.
Wo. Judith Hambleton of Berwick Dyd on Tuesday Jan. 31 1775. Bury'd
o,n Thursday Feb. 2.
Feb. 11. 1775 Mrs. Margaret Lord Wife of Capt. Abraham Lord of Berwick
Buryd. Dy'd on
Cap Joshua Stacpole's Son Moses Dyd on Monday Morn Feb. 20. 1775.
Bury'd on Tuesday Feb. 21.
Saturday Feb. 18th. 1775. Reuben Tebbets Mov'd from Quampahaggen
in Somersworth to Dover, to Dover Goal house, as keeper for sd. Goal
for ye County of Strafford.
Friday Mar. 10th. 1775. Cap Ichabod Rollins & Mr. Danl. Ricker Raised
a New Grist Mill at Somersworth below ye highway between Mr. Jno.
& Mr. Danl. Rickers's Fram'd pr. Mr. James Roberts. Jno. Clark's
Junrs Finger Mash'd & Cut off by Dr. M. Carr.
Sunday Night March 19. 1775 Molly Roberts Daughter of Mr. Joshua &
Mrs. Joanna Roberts of Somersworth Dy'd.*
Friday Mar. 17. 1775 My Son Robert Narrowed [sic] Escaped of Being
Drown'd
Thursday March 23rd. 1775 Mr. Danl. Higgins Rais'd a Grist Mill at ye
foot of ye Lower Mill at Salmon Falls Berwick Side.
Sunday Mar. 19. 1775 My son Ben's Wife Deliverd of a Son Nam'd John.
Tues. Aprl. 4. 1775 My son Mark and Love Roberts sat out for Kennebec
River in order for Sawing for one Joseph North.
Doctor Jno. Parsons of Berwick Dy'd on Sat. Aprl. ye 15. 1775.
Tues. Aprl. IS. 1775 Thos. Nock of Berwick Crush'd by Logs at Little
River
Thur. Aprl. 13. 1775 Mr. Saml. Roberts 3rd Married to Mrs. Sarah Went-
worth Daughter of Ensn. Saml. Wentworth of Somersworth.
Sunday Night Aprl. 16. 1775 Mr. Thomas Hammock Married to Mrs.
Debby Carpenter of Somersworth.
Mrs. Deborah Wentworth Wife of Lieut. Benja. Wentworth ol Somersworth
Born on Aprl. ye 11th. 1709 Old Stile.
Mr. Jedidiah Hall Married to Mrs. Hannah Hussey Daughter of Mr. Jos.
Hussey of Somersworth on October ye 25. 1773.
Mr. Ebenezer Wallingford of Somerswth dv'd on Thursday Evening May
11th. 1775 Bury'd on Sat. 13.
Friday May ye 12. 1775 My Son Mark Tate Inlisted under Capt. Danl.
Wood of Berwick his Company sat out for Boston on Monday May ye
15. aut Cambridge
Friday May 12. 1775 Tw[o] Companies from Socho, March'd thro Berwick
for Boston, aut Cambridge.
Tuesday a Company of Men Marchd thro' Berwick from Massabeck Wells
for Boston, aut Cambridge. May 23. 1775.
Monday May 29. 1775 Cap. PhiHp Hubbards Company of Berwick March'd
through Somersworth for Boston, aut Cambridge.
Monday June ye 6. 1775 Two Tories Viz. March'd Thro'
Somersworth Guarded by 14 Men for Cambridge & ye Skipper
Kennebec Company March'd thro Portsmouth for Cambridge Undr. 2
Lieuts. on June 1775. Jos. North Capt.
Monday June 19th. 1775 Capt. Jonathan Wentworth's Company of Somers-
worth March'd for Cambridge James Carr 1st. Lieut.
*Vide supra, p. 40.
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June 3^e 23. 1775 Jane Mimmy Delivered of a Daughter Call'd Sarah
Saturday June 24. 1775 John Gerrish Son of Alexander Gerrish of Berwick
Thursday June 22. 1775 Fast day in New Hamps. Eliz Randal Deliverd of
a Daughter sd. to be Ebenezer Horns Namd. Eunice.
June ye 1775 James Varney son of Mr. Benja. & Mrs. Rebecca Varney of
Somers worth dyd.
Tuesday July 11th. 1775 Madam Eliz. Wentworth Wife of Collo. Jno. Went-
worth of Somersworth Dy'd Bury'd on Thurs. 13. She was one of Collo.
Thos. WaUingford Deeds. Daughters.
Wed. July 19th. 1775 Thos. Roberts of Somersworth. Dy'd in ye Army at
Cambridge.
Monday Night Sep. 4. 1775 Edmund Drew Son of Mr. John & Mrs. Hannah
Drew of Somerswth Dy'd on Monday Night Sep. 4. 1775 Bury'd on
Tuesday ye 5th.
Jacob & Benja. Quinbey Rais'd a New Barn frame on Friday Aug. 4. & on
Wednesday Aug. 9th. 1775 Reuben Tebbets Raisd a New house Fram'd
pr. Mr. James Roberts.
Casco Bay Destroy'd by Men of War on Wed. Oct. 18. 1775.
Mr. Danl. Hanson of Somersworth Dy'd on Saturday About 8 o th Clock
or in ye Morn. Oct 21st. 1775.
Mr. Benja. Philpot of Somersworth Married to Miss Olive Roberts on
Thurs. Dec. 28th. 1775.
The Revd. Mr. Joseph Haven ordained Minister of Rochester on Wed. Jan.
10. 1776 Revd. Mr. Avery Hall Turn'd out. (adrift.)
Mr. Joshua Stacpole of Somersworth Broke his Thigh on Thur. Jan. 11. 1776
Mr. Joseph Cook's wife of Somersworth Dyd on ye Jan. ye 1776 whose
Maiden Name was Knight.
Capt. Nathl. Garland of Somersworth Dy'd on Wed. Morn. Jan. 24. 1776
Buried on Friday following.
Saturday Night Feb. 24. 1776 Mr. Ephraim Wentworth of Dover Dy'd.
Capt. Ebenezer Hobbs of Somersworth Dyd on Wed. Feb. 28. 1776
Mr. Hugh Ross of Berwick Buried on Saturday Mar. 2. 1776
Mar. 4. 1776 Mrs. Main Wo. of the Late Revd. Mr. Amos Main of
Rochester Dyd
Saturday Night Mar. 9th. 1776 Nicholas Carpenters Wife Tumbled down
ye Cellar & Broke her Arm.
Catharine Foss of Dover Dy'd on Tuesday Mar. 19th. 1776
Friday Mar. 22. 1776 Elijah Clementss Leg Broke.
Friday Morn Mar. 22. 1776 Mrs. Kezia Grant of Berwick Dy'd
Saturday Mar 23 Mr. Isaac Nute & Capt. Saml. Gerrish of Dover Dyd. 1776
Mrs. Susannah Twombly Wife of Benja. Twombly of Somersworth Dy'd
March 25. 1776 Tuesday
Aprl. 9th. 1776 Mr. Richd. Goodwin of Dover Dyd
Aprl. 8. 1776 Capt. Thos. Wallingfords of Somersth Son Andrew Dy'd
Sunday Aprl. 14. 1776 Mr. Silas Nowel of Berwick Dyd.
Wed. Aprl. 17. 1776 Mrs. Ann Quinbey Wife of Mr. Benja. Quinbey of Fal-
mouth Dy'd.
Thursday Aprl. 18th. 1776 Fast day in New Hampe Eliz Hight Wife of Mr.
Wm. Hight of Berwick Dy'd
Aprl. 28. 1776 Sunday Mr. Eleazer Clark of Berwick Dyd
Friday May 3. 1776 Capt. Shadrack Hodsdon of Dover Dy'd
May ye 8. 1776 Mr. Jno. Clements of Dover Dyd.
Friday May ye 10. 1776 Mr. Wm. Hanson Junr. of Dover Dyd.
Mr. Jno. Cromwel of Dover Dy'd on Saturday May ye 11th. 1776. & Lydia
his wife dy'd on Monday May 13. 1776. Both Buried in one Grave.
192 Master Tate's Diary [July
Friend Benja. Kenny of Somersworth Dy'd on Saturday May ye 18th. 1776
Mr. Jonathan Merrow of Somersworth Dy'd on Sunday Night May ye 26.
1776.
Mrs. Abigail Woodsom of Berwick Dy'd on Tuesday June ye 4. 1776. Buryd
on Thursday ye 6th.
Tuesday July ye 23 My son Benja. & a Number of others sat out as Recruits
for ye Army against Quebec, (from Somersworth.
Wed. Aug. 14th 1776 Mr. William Hooper Junior of Berwick Ordaind Minis-
ter of the Anabaptist Church at Berwick, 4 people Baptized in Salmon
Falls River. Viz. Daniel & Nathaniel Lord,
Mr. Joseph Sweat of York Dy'd on Thursday August ye 2 1776
Tuesday Sep. ye 10th. 1776 Mrs. Patience Wentworth of Somersworth Dy'd
Mrs. Rachel Legro of Somersworth T>y'd on Thursday Morn. Oct. 30. 1776
Mr. Francis Yeaton Junr. Married to Miss Elizabeth Roberts of Somers-
worth on Sunday Night Nov. 24. 1776.
Mr. Robert Swainson Married to Mrs. Phebe Garland Wo. of Cap. Nathl.
Garland of Somersworth on Tuesday Night November ye 26th. 1776.
Miss Rachel Gerrish Daughter of Mr. Alexander Gerrish of Berwick Dy'd
on Saturday Night Nov. 30. 1776
Mrs. Elizabeth Ham wife of Mr. William Ham of Portsmouth Dv'd on
Sunday Dec. 22. 1776
Mrs. Joanna Smith Wife of Capt. Archibald Smith Dy'd at Massabesec she
was Daughter of Capt. James & Mrs. Rebecca Hobbs of Somersworth
Deed. Dyd Saturday Eveng Dec. 28. 1776.
Thursday Jan 2nd. 1777 Mr. Enoch Ricker Married to Miss Esther Roberts
Daughter of Mr. Nathan Roberts of Somersworth.
Mr. Joshua Nock of Berwick Dy'd on Tuesday Night Jan. 7th. 1777.
My Son Mark Tate came home from ye Army on Friday Jan. 10. 1777
Tuesday Night Jan. 14. 1777 Mrs. Gray of Berwick dy'd, she was Mother
of Mr. Wm. Stacpoles wife of Somersworth.
Wed. Night Jan 15th. 1777 Mrs. Mary Wentworth dy'd she was Lieut. Paul
Wentworths wife & Eldest Daughter of Mr. Tilley & Mrs. Mary Higgins
of Berwick.
Mr. Jno. Mills of Lebanon Dy'd on Jan 1777. •
Tuesday Night Feb. 4. 1777 Moses Varney's Shop Burnt. Dover.
Wed. Feb. 12th. 1777 Mr. Caleb Horn Married to Miss Molly Randal pr. ye
Revd. Jeremiah Belknap at Dover.
Friday Feb. 14th. 1777 Mr. John Foss Mov'd from Somersworth to Bar-
rington.
Sunday Feb. 2. 1777 Mr. Jno. Furniss Married to Miss Betsey Gerrish.
Wed. Feb. 19. 1777 Mr. Saml. Goodwin of Berwick Taken sick, Dy'd on
Thursday ye 20th. Bury'd on Friday 21st.
Mar3^ Rollins Wife of Jos. Rollins of Rochester Dy'd Taken up in ye Snow
Drift Feb. 11. 1777. Maiden Name was Mary Foye.
Friend Tabitha Jenks Dy'd on Tuesday Feb. 18. 1777
Mr. Phinehas Ricker Junr. Married to Miss Rachel Cromwel on Feb. 27. 1777.
Spencer Wife of Mr. Joseph Spencer of Berwick Dy'd on Sat. Mar.
1, 1777.
Tuesday Mar. 4. 1777. Jacob Forster Son of ye Revd. Jacob Forster of
Berwick Dyd.
Mr. David Moore of Berwick Dy'd on Sunday about 12 o th Clock March
ye 9th. 1777. Bury'd on
March ye 20th. 1777 My son Mark Married to IMrs. Elizabeth Roberts
Daughter of Mr. Love Roberts pr. ye Revd. James Pike.
Wednesday March 19th. 1777 Andrew Horn Junr. Married to Mrs. Mary
Wentworth Daughter of Ensn. Saml. Wentworth of Somersworth.
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Mr. Thomas Warrens Daughter Joanna Dy'd about 2 o th Clock Saturday
Morn. Aprl. 12. 1777 Bury'd on Sunday 13.
Tuesday June 3rd. 1777 Mrs. Catharine Clark Wife of Capt. Jno. Clark
& Daughter of Mrs. Furnil of Portsmouth Kill'd with Thunder.
Friend Zaccheous Varney's Son Ezekiel Dy'd on Saturday July 19. 1777
June ye 9th. 1777 A Boy Nam'd was kill'd by Thunder.
Wed. Morn. July the 2nd. 1777 John Hooper Son of Mr. Wm. Hooper a
Baptist Preacher of Berwick fell thro' jq Great falls Mill & Dyd.
Tues. Evening Aug. 1777 Mr. David Hans[u"orn] of Dover Married to Mrs.
Mary Roberts of Somersworth, by the Revd. James Pike. (Love Rob-
erts's Daughter)
Tilley Higgins of Berwick Dy'd on Sunday Morn Aug. 17. 1777.
Mr. James Rollins Married to Miss Plannah Carr on Wed. Aug. 20. 1777.
Saturday Morn Aug. 30th. 1777 Micaiah Wentworth son of Lieut. Paul
Wentworth, Dy'd at his Grandmother Higgins's at Berwick.
Wed. Sep. 3. 1777 Miss Hannah Pappoon Deliver'd of a Son Swore on Wil-
liam Stacpole.
Wo. Hannah Pierce Dy'd on Thursday Evening Sep. 18th. 1777.
Mr. Danl. Smith's Wife of Berwick Dy'd on Friday Morn Sep 19th. 1777.
Bury'd on Satur. 20. her Maiden Name was Eliz. Chadbourn.
Capt. Ichabod Goodwin of Berwick Dy'd on Monday Night Oct. 27. 1777
Bur'd on Thursday 30.
Saturday Nov. 22. 1777 Mr. Jno. Stone's Son Kill'd by the fall of a
Tree.
Sunday Morng. Dec. 28th. Mrs. Molly Gilman Dyd. Wife of Nicholas Gil-
man of Exeter, & Daugtr. of ye Revd. James Pike of Somersworth.
Bury'd on Wed. 31.
Saturday Jan. 31st. 1778 Wm. Downs's Son Wm. Downs of Berwick Kill'd by
a Log at Lebanon.
Wo. Abigail Garland Dy'd on Friday Feb. 20th. 1778 at Dover. & was
Buried on Sunday ye 22.
George Roberts Son of Mr. Alexander Roberts of Somersworth Dy'd on
Sunday March ye 8th. 1778.
Miss Hannah James Dy'd Saturday March ye 7. 1778
Mr. Jno. Tuckers Daughter of Berwick Dy'd Friday Mar. 13. 1778.
Mr. Isaac Hobbs Son of Mr. James & Mrs. Ruth Hobbs Dy'd at Martineco
on Tues. July 8th. 1777. he Left Somersworth on Wed. Jan. 15th. &
Saild in Ship Raven Capt. Josh. Stacpole on Jan 26. 1777.
Mr. Elijah Clements Married to Miss Molly Waldron on Monday March ye
23rd. 1778.
Anne Garland Daughter of Eliz Todd & Daughter of Reuben Garland of
Dover who was Struck dead by Thunder some time ago was Born on
August the 4th. 1765.
Mr. Joseph Roberts Married to Miss Mercy Hobbs on Monday Aprl. 20.
1778.
I\Ir. Henry Ricker Married to Miss Molly Stacpole Daughter of Mr. James
& Mrs. EHzabeth Stacpole on Wed. May ye 6th. 1778.
Wed. May 20. 1778 a poor Boy that Liv'd wth Mr. Joseph Marden of Ber-
wick, one John Goldthwait Drov/ned near Quampahaggen Bridge.
Mr. James Adams of Rochester Married to Miss Polly Cole of Somersworth
Monday May ye 25. 1778.
194 Master Tate's Diary [July
A Portledge Bill for the Brig Grey Hound James Garvin Junr Master
from Piscataqua to St. Croix, & back to ye Port of Piscataqua
June ye S^d. 1769.*
What When
Mens
Stations.
When
Names.
Ship'd.
James Garvin.
Master.
Dec. 5.
John Brown.
Mate.
Dec. 18.
Patrick Murphy
Sailor
Dec. 20.
Gershom Plumer.
Do.
Dec. 20.
Benja. Cromwel.
Do.
Dec. 14.
George Horn.
Do.
Dec. 18.
Eben^. Garvin.
Do.
Dec. 18.
Thos. Garvin.
Boy.
Jan. 1.
Month.
Discharg'd
£45
May 13
72
May 8
60
May 6
60
May 6
56
May 8
50
May 9
35
May 7
12
April 28
Ages of Some on Berwick Side
Mr. Tilly Higgins's who Married Mary Woodsom.
John Higgins Born Sep. 19. 1742
Mary Mar. 23. 1750
Sarah Dec. 23. 1752.
Danl. Oct. 1755
Elizabeth July 8. 1757.
Edmund Jan. 15. 1760.
Mr. John Higgins's who Married Lydia Chadbourn Daughter of Benja.
Chadbourn Esq.
Lydia Born July 17th. 1766
Anne April 16. 1768.
Mary Born Mar. 15. 1770
John Born Saturday Feb. 8th. 1772.
Benja. Born Monday June 6. 1774
James Born Sunday Morng. June 16th. 1777.
Mr. Saml. Lord's 3rd who Married with Mrs. Lydia Wallingford. Colic.
Thomas Wallingford's daughter of Somerswcrth.
Samuel Lord Born Tues. Apr. 15. 1761
Nancy Monday June 7. 1762
George . Oct. 19th. Thurs 1764
Charlotte Sep. 15. 1766
Lydia W^ed. Jan. 4. 1769.
Isaac Born Sat. Feb. 9th 1771. Dyd on Thur. Sep. 5.
1771.
Isaac Born Thursday Night July 23rd. 1772
Mrs. Lydia Wallingford. Daughter of Collo. Thos. & Madam Mary
Wallingford of Somersworth Born April ye 25th. 1742.
Mr. Ephraim Plumer's of Fves[worn] Cree[w;orn]t whose 1st. Wife was
Anne Goodwin 2nd. Mercy Garland.
2nd.
Daniel Plumer Born Feb. ye 1st. 1760.
Ebenezer. January 25. 1762.
John. November 10. 1765.
Richard. February 2. 1767.
Ephraim. April 16. 1769.
Mercy March ye 31st. 1772. March 31.
*This bill is found on p. 42 of the original manuscript of the Diary. Five columns given in the
original manuscript are omitted in this printed copy, as they contain merely details about wages
advanced to each man, wages due, etc.
fProbably Fresh Creek.
1920] Master Tate's Diary 195
Moses Plumer Born Sunday Dec. 18. 1774
a Daughter Hannah Born Aprl. 29th. 1777.
Mr. Danl. Wood's of [worn, perhaps Berwick whose] 2nd. Wife was
ye Widow Mary Philpot. Elias Philpots' Widow.
2nd.
Danl. Wood Born Feb. 5. 1767.
EHas Feb. 28. 1768.
Hannah Sep. 4. 1769 Dyd [illegible]
Molly Born May 4th. 1771 Dy'd Fri. [illegible]
Job Born Sunday Night July [illegible, ? 12th.] aut
Monday Morn July 13. 1772
Mr. Benja. Abbot's of Berwick who Married Sarah Chad wick [worn] 29
1769.
Esther Abbot Born Sunday July 15. 1770 Dy'd on March ye
14th. Anno. 1771.
Edmund Born Tues. Aug. 23rd. 1771
Benja. Abbott Born Friday Aug. 13. 1773
Daughter Born May 5. 1778.
Benja. Chadbourn Esq. whose Isk Wifes Names was Sarah Heard. 2nd.
Mary Chesley.
1st.
Martha Born 26.1744.
Lydia. July [blotted] 1746.
2nd.
Jonathan Born Aug. 9. 1752
Mary ^ Feb. 1754. Feb 14.
Benjamin Nov. 7th. 1756
Solomon Abbott Married to Catharine Abbott Dec. 10. 1755. Daughter
of Wm. Chadbourn Deed. She was Born Jan. 3. 1726.
John Abbott Born Aug. 20. 1755
Catharine Feb. 6. 1758
Sally Born May 28. 1773.
Abigail Saunders Born June ye 20th. 1749 Now ye Wife of Stephen
Austin.
Mr. John Wentworths of Dover who Married Mrs. Margaret Frost of
New Castle. Collo. Jno. Wentworth of Somers worth's Son John
Jno. Wentworth Born April 5th. 1772 on Sunday.
Margaret Born May 27th. 1773.
Elizabeth Aug 9th. 1774
Mr. Ichabod Goodwin's Son of Cap. Ichabod Goodwin of Berwick who
Married Mrs. Mary Wallingford Daughter of Cap. Thos. Wallingford
of Somersworth.
Ichabod Goodwin Born June 1st. 1770
Thos. Wallingford Born May 25th. 1772.
Mr. Robert Rogers's who Married Mrs. Esther Lord Daughter of Mr.
Nathan and Mrs. Esther Lord Feb. 26th. 1771 Tuesday 26*
Susannah Rogers Born Feb. 23rd. 1772 Sunday
Esther Born Saturday Feb. 26. 1774
Andrew Born Aug. ye 8th. 1775
Agnes Born July 17. 1777.
Robert Oct. 30th. 1779.
Mr. Thos. Chadbourn's who Married wth. Mrs. Mehetabel Goodwin
Daughter of Mr. James Goodwin of Berwick
*Vide supra, p. 179.
VOL. LXXIV. 13
196 Master Tate's Diary [July
Jno. Chadbourn Born Sep 7. 1768
Humphry Feb. 24. 1770
Joseph June 1st. 1772
Mehetabel Born Mar. 8th 1774
Mary Born Sep. 23rd. 1777.
Mr. Nathan Lords who Married with Mrs. Esther Perkins on 1743.
Saml. [?] Lord Born May 15. 1751
Esther March 15th. 1753
Nathan Apr. 14th. 1758
Jno. Lord was Born Mar. 29. 1764
Mr. James Goodwins Junr. of Berwick who Married wth. Mrs. Sarah
Griffith Aug 13th. 1767
James Goodwin Born Aug. 16th. 1768
Thomas July 22nd. 1770.
Olive Plaistead Aug. 9th. 1772.
Sarah Born
Mr. David Nichols who Married Mrs. Phebe Chace on Sunday Nov. 11th.
1758
Hannah Born Feb. 28. 1761
David Nov. 14. 1762
Thos. July 14. 1764
Eunice Dec. 21. 1765
Saml. Oct. 21st. 1768
Stephen Feb 12. 1769
Phebe Dec. 12. 1771
Jno. Sept. 10. 1772
Sarah Dec. 11. 1774
David Nichols Born Mar. 25th. 1734.
Phebe Chace Born Oct. 13. 1736 Wife of David Nichols of Bermck
Deed.
Mr. Jethro Heards of Dover who Married Sally Harford
Nathl. Heard Born Aug 7th. 1771
Jethro Born Jan. 2. 1772 Jan.
Dorothy Born June 28. 1775.
Mr. Spencer Wentworth Junr. of Dover who Married Mrs. Sarah
St[worn]beT ye 14th. 1769.
Tryphena Wentworth Born on Sat. Oct. 27. 17[worn]
Spencer Born Friday July 2nd. 1773.
Mr. Saml. Ham's who Married Mrs. Sally Garvin of Somersworth
James Ham born Aug. ye 8th. 1771
Lydia Born May ye 5th. 1773
Dorcas Born June 16th. 1775.
Mr. Danl. Woods of Berwick
Son Enoch Born on Monday Aprl. 24th. 1774
Mr. Paul Harfords who Married Mrs. Anne Baulch of Dover.
Joanna Harford Born Dec. 20. 1769
Lydia Born Jan. 26. 1772.
Friend Jacob Sawyer's whose 1st. Wife was Susannah Estes, 2nd. Sarah
Hanson, of Dover.
ist.m
Sarah Sawyer Born Nov. 19. 1744.
2nd.
Stephen. Born June 19. 1752
Patience Born Sep. 26. 1753
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[wornjsannah Born Dec. 17. 1758
[woTn\\Qh. Born May 19. 1760
Kezia [?] Born Jan 12. 1762
Lydia [?] Born Nov. 30 1763
[worn\o\hy [? Timothy] Born Octo 5. 1766
Jacob. Born Oct. 1.1769
Mary. Born Nov. 13 1771
Content. Born Apr. 13. 1774
Enoch Born Feb. 4th. 1776
Mr. John Hays's who Marryd Hannah Waldron of Dover on Jan. 26th.
1764. ,
Elihu Hays Born Jan. 28th. 1765
Elizabeth
April 13th. 1767.
Richard
Sep. 6th. 1770.
Charles
Mar. 31st. 1773.
Samuel
Born 76
Hannah
80
Mr. Joshua Fray's of Berwick who Married Mrs. Sarah Roberts of
Somersworth
John Pray Born Sep. 17. 1767.
Saml. Born July 3rd. 1769.
Joshua Born May 1 1 . 1 772
Edmund Born Mar. 16. 1774
Capt. Wm. Rogers's of Berwick Who Married Miss Susy Moore on
Abigail Rogers Born Dec. 8th. 1760
William Rogers Born Oct. 1765
Andrew Rogers Born Aug 1767
Robert Rogers Born [worrij'i Sep.] 1769
Susannah Rogers Born June 1772
Agnes Rogers Born Jan 1775
David Moor Rogers Born
Mr. Temple Hights of Berwick who Marry'd Mrs. Sarah Goodwin
Daughter of Capt. Ichabod Goodwin on Thursday Nov. 25. 1772.
Wm. Hight Born Wed. Oct. 20th. 1773.
Salem
Mr. Thos. Nichols Brother to Mr. David Nichols of Berwick Deed,
was Born on March ye 25. 1746. Mrs. Hannah Pope now the
wife of ye abovesd. Thos. Nichols was Born at Salem on Sunday
May ye 31 1746.
Mr. Thos. Varneys of Dover who Married Huldah Hanson.
Olive Varney Born Sep. 18. 1770
Nicholas Feb. 18. 1772.
Sarah Feb. 18. 1775.
Mr. Job Clements's of Dover who Married Betty Rollins
Ebenezer Clements Born Aprl. 19. 1745
Hannah Born Oct. 14. 1747.
Abigail Born Aprl. 6. 1752.
Betty Born [worn, ? July] 21. 1754
Molly Born
Jeremiah Born Nov. 30. 1759.
Deborah Born Jan. 19. 1761.
Job Born Jan. 25. 1763.
Anna Born Mar. 1767
Enoch Born Dec. 7. 1770
Moses Born Mar. 31. 1772.
198 Master Tate's Diary [July
Mr. Jno. Foggerty Married to Mrs. Nabby Lord on Monday May 1st.
1774.
their son
John Born
Edmund Born Wed. Feb. 11th. 1778
Mr. David Trask's of Berwick
John Trask Born Aug. 14. 1776
Daniel Trask Born Jan 3rd. 1777
Mr. William Whittier of Berwick who Married Mrs. Sally Hight on Sat.
June29. 177[s2c]
Elizabeth Whittier Born Sunday Aprl. 12 [worn]
Mr. Alexander McGoueh's w^ho Married Mrs. Olive Goodwin on Nov. 2.
1777
Robert Born Thurs. Dec. 18. 17 [worn]
Jno. Born July 3. 1779.
James May 21. 1781.
Capt. Ebenezer Sullivane Married to Miss Abigail Cotton on July 18.
1772.
John Sullivane Born Aprl. 1st. 1773
Marjery Born Nov. 16. 1774.
Moses Born October 27. 1777.
Mr. Jno. Furniss's who Married Miss Betsey Gerrish on Sunday Feb. 2.
1777.
Thomas Born March 1778
Betsey Born Wed.
[Corrections!
[A careful examination of the original manuscript of Master Tate's "Diary"
shows that the following corrections should be made in the records as printed
in the Register:
Vol. 73
Page 305, line 35, for 175. [sic] read 1757.
Page 306, hnes 2 and 3, for July 31. 1771. on Tuesday Sep. 21st [worn] read July
31. 1771. [worn] on Tuesday Sep. 21st ADom 1771.
Page 306, Une IS, for Stackpoles read Stacpoles.
Page 306, hue 19, for Stackpole read Stacpole.
Page 306, hne 28, for 18th read 10th.
Page 306, hne 32, for wed read Wo.
Page 306, hne 34, for 17[probably 1745] read 17^prohahly 1745].
Page 307, hne 17, after Patience add Ricker Born.
Page 307, hne 28, /or 1795 read 1765.
Page 307, hne 53, for Wd. read Wo.
Page 307, hne 54, for Wd read Wo.
Page 307, between lines 54 and 55 insert, on a new line, 1st, the meaning of the record
being that Lydia, Esther, Judith, and Ebenezer Nock were children of Ebenezer
Nock by his first wife.
Page 308, hne 3, for 29th read 27th.
Page 308, hne 15, after July insert ye and for 1749 read 1747.
Page 308, hne 19, for Wd. read Wo.
Page 308, lines 38 and 39, transpose these lines, so that 2. will stand on a line above
Nicholas and below Dorcas.
Page 309, line 7, for [line worn] read [whom] she Swore on Wm. [worn].
Page 309, line 23, for Sally read Molly.
Page 309, hne 25, after 1740 add N. S.
Page 309, hne 26, for 1744 read 1742.
Page 309, line 27, for 1742 read 1745.
Page 309, line 50, after Born leave a considerable space and add N. S.
Page 309, line 51, for [illegible] read Wentworth and for 15th read 11th.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 199
Page 309, line 52, after Phinehas add Wentworth by [worn] Sarah Nock.
Page 309, line 53, after Jonathan insert Wentworth.
Page 309, line 54, after Dorothy insert Wentworth.
Page 310, line 1, after Drisco insert Wentworth.
Page 310, line 2, after Mark insert Wentworth.
Page 310, line 3, after Silvanus insert Wentworth.
Page 310, line 5, after 1747. add N. S.
Page 310, line 15, for [jjerhaps Shippin] read [probably Tappin].
Page 311, line 18, after July add l7Q[worn].
Page 311, line 32, after 1762 add Wed.
Page 311, line 51, for whose read who Married [worn].
Page 312, line 19, for Thomas read Thos.
Page 312, line 44, for Wd read Wo.
Page 313, line 11, /or 25th read 28th.
Page 313, line 15, for Feh[worn] read Tebbets.
Page 313, line 51, for Jedediah read Jedidiah.
Page 314, line 9, for 14 read 14th.
Page 314, line 30, for 28 read 28th.
Page 314, line 52, after Hearl omit [?] [possibly Head].
Page 315, line 15, after 1763 add Born at Somersworth.
Page 315, hne 16, after 1766. add Do.
Page 315, line 17, after 1768. add Do.
Page 315, line 30, for 30 read 30. 1772.
Page 315, line 31, omit this line.
Vol. 74
Page 36, line 28, after 1744 add [?].
Page 37, line 5, for Hobbs read Hobbs's.
Page 37, hne 25, for Nathaniel read NathL
Page 37, line 49, for Aug. read May.
Page 127, line 29, for Heart read Hearl.]
JOHN DEVEREUX OF MARBLEHEAD, MASS.,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS
By Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti of San Rafael, Cal.
[Continued from page 120]
4. JoHN^ Devereux {Robert,^ John^), of Marbleliead, probably mar-
ried first, at Salem, 30 Nov. 1718, Elizabeth Bacon;* and
secondly, at Marblehead, 18 Sept. 1735, Mrs. Hannah
Waldron. His wife Hannah was dismissed from the First
' Church of Marblehead 3 June 1744 and was admitted to the
Second Church of Marblehead 1 July 1744. Her husband,
John Devereux, was admitted to the Second Church, which
he appears to have attended from 1 July 1759 on, and in
which his son Joseph and the latter's wife were also com-
municants. At a church meeting on 17 Sept. 1771 John
Devereux and his son Joseph were recorded as present.
Upon the conveyance of the Devereux farm, 1 Apr. 1729, from
Robert^ Devereux (2) to his children {vide supra, page 119),
Robert's three daughters conveyed to their four brothers all
*On25 Apr. 1726 a John Devereux, probably John, 3 son of Humphrey2 (1, ii), married Margaret
Bacon.
200 Descendants of John Devereux [July
their interest in the farm, and the brothers divided the farm
in severalty among themselves, John receiving about 70 acres
and also a lot of about 6 acres called the ''Raccoon Lot.'^
This lot was owned later by his son Joseph, who conveyed it,
1 May 1784, to his first cousin, Samuel Devereux (6, vi).
Children by first wife:
i. Susanna,* bapt. at Salem 5 May 1723.
8. ii. Joseph, bapt. at Salem 10 Oct. 1725. *
iii. Elizabeth, bapt. at Salem 14 Jan. 1727/8.
iv. Hannah, bapt. at Marblehead 25 Jan. 1729'/30.
Child by second wife :
V. John, bapt. at Marblehead 6 May 1739.
5. Robert^ Devereux {Robert,'^ John^), of Marblehead, was bap-
tized as an adult 21 Aug. 1725, and died between 1 Apr. 1771
(the date of a deed from him and his wife conveying Marble-
head land to Joseph Devereux) and 17 Apr. 1784 (the date of
a deed from Burrill Devereux to Samuel Devereux) . He mar-
ried at Marblehead, 14 Oct. 1725, Elizabeth Chapman of Mar-
blehead, who also died between 1 Apr. 1771 and 17 Apr. 1784.
Robert Devereux's dwelling house was in Marblehead, at the
junction of the Boston and Salem roads, and before 17 Apr.
1784 it was sold to Col. Jonathan Glover, who had married
at Marblehead, 10 Oct. 1748, Abigail Burnham, baptized at
Marblehead 19 June 1726, a great-granddaughter of Hannah^
Devereux (1, iv) and her second husband, Richard Knott.
Children, baptized at Marblehead:
i. Elizabeth,^ bapt. 21 Aug. 1726; d. young.
ii. Elizabeth, bapt. 29 Dec. 1728.
iii. Anna, bapt. 23 Aug. 1730.
iv. Robert, bapt. 14 July 1734; d. young.
V. Robert, bapt. 30 Apr. 1738; m. at Marblehead, 13 Jan. 1757, Mar-
garet Smith Bartlett, bapt. at Marblehead 14 Aug. 1737,
dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth. Children: 1. Elizabeth,^ bapt.
8 Jan. 1758. 2. Anna, bapt. 16 Dec. 1759; m. 15 Aug. 1784 John
Wells. 3. Sarah, bapt. 24 Jan. 1762. 4. Thomas Bartlett, bapt.
5 Feb. 1764. 5. Abigail, bapt. 22 Sept. 1765. 6. Margaret,
bapt. 13 Dec. 1767. 7. Mercy, bapt. 14 Jan. 1770; m. 26 Nov.
1795 Joseph Webb.
6. Humphrey^ Devereux {Robert,'^ John^), husbandman, born at
Marblehead 7 Dec. 1702 and baptized as an adult, with his
brother Ralph, 3 Dec. 1727, died at Marblehead 21 Jan. 1777.
He married first (intention recorded at Lynn, 6 Feb. 1725/6)
Elizabeth Redding; secondly, at Lynn, 29 Jan. 1729/30,
Abigail (Burrill) Gale, born at Lynn 12 May 1709, died
2 Dec. 1757, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Jarvis)
Burrill* and widow of Roots Gale (to whom she w^as married
at Lynn 5 Oct. 1727, and who died at Marblehead 24 Dec.
1728, aged 24 years, 4 months, 17 days) ; and thirdty, in Boston,
21 Jan. 1762, Mary (Charnock) (Greenwood) Prince
*Samuel Burrill of Lynn, yeoman, and Margaret Jarvis were married in Boston 14 Sept. 1697.
He was a son of Lieut. John and Lois (Ivory) Burrill of Lynn and a grandson of the immigrants
George and Mary (Cooper) Burrill of Lynn. Cf. The Burrill, Burrell Family of Essex County,
by Frank A. Gardner, M.D., in Essex Institute Historical Collections, vols. 51 and 52.
1920 J Descendants of John Devereux 201
of Boston, born 3 Mar. 1709/10, died 22 May 1784, daughter
of John and Mary Charnock and widow successively of
Samuel Greenwood (by whom she had a daughter, Mary,
born 1 Apr. 1731, died at Marblehead 30 Sept. 1812) and
Prince of Boston.
Humphrey Devereux was admitted to the church at Marble-
head, with his first wife, on 3 Dec. 1727, the day of his baptism.
At one time he commanded a military company and was called
"Captain." He lived in the house of his father and grand-
father, on the Devereux farm at Marblehead, until the begin-
ning of the Revolution, when, on account of failing health,
he removed to Topsfield, and in the latter place his will was
made, 13 Sept. 1775. On 16 Mar. 1731/2 Humphrey "Dev-
erix" and wife Abigail of Marblehead conveyed land formerly
owned by her father, Samuel Burrill, to Theophilus Burrill
of Lynn. His sons Burrill and Samuel were the executors of
his will.
Child by first wife:
i. John,'* bapt. at Marblehead 21 Jan. 1727/8; m. at Marblehead, 28
Sept. 1758, Susannah Stacy.
Children by second wife (baptisms recorded at Marblehead) :
9. ii. Humphrey, b. 11 Dec. 1730.
iii. Burrill, bapt. 4 Feb. 1732/3; d. in 1736.
iv. Abigail, bapt. 30 Mar. 1735; d. in infancy.
V. Hannah, b. 14 Oct. and bapt. 16 Oct. 1737; d. 2 Aug. 1781; m. at
Marblehead, 6 Oct. 1768, Samuel Turner of Marblehead. Chil-
dren: 1. Abigail, b. 3 Aug. and bapt. 6 Aug. 1769; d. 27 Sept. 1781.
2. Samuel, b. 6 Dec. 1771. 3. Burrill Devereux, b. 8 Dec. and
bapt. 13 Dec. 1772. 4. Hannah, bapt. 30 Oct. 1774. 5. Margaret,
b. 27 Sept. 1775.
vi. Samuel, b. 13 Sept. and bapt. 16 Sept. 1739; d. s. p. 20 May 1822;
m. (1) at Lynn, 4 Feb. 1762, Sarah Newhall of Lynn, b. in
Dec. 1741, d. 24 June 1767; m. (2) at Middleton, 23 May 1786,
Sarah Fuller of Middleton, b. 30 June 1741, d. 24 June 1794,
aged 53 years; m. (3) at Middleton, 19 Feb. 1795, Susanna Sy-
MONDS of Middleton, b. 10 Apr. 1750, d. 26 Nov. 1800; m. (4)
at Danvers, 14 Oct. 1801, Abigail Fitz of Danvers, b. 12 Mar.
1755, d. 20 Jan. 1822. Partly by inheritance and partly by pur-
chase, he came into possession of the whole of the Devereux farm.
vii. Robert Burrill, b. 7 Sept. and bapt. 13 Sept. 1741 ; d. aged 9 months.
viii. Ruth, b. 4 Jan. and bapt. 9 Jan. 1742/3; d. unm. 3 Jan. 1782.
ix. Abigail, bapt. 21 Apr. 1745; d. unm. 3 Aug. 1764.
10. X. Burrill, b. 21 Mar. and bapt. 29 Mar. 1747.
xi. Robert, of Marblehead, physician, b. 7 Sept. and bapt. 10 Sept. 1749;
d. unm. 11 June 1794.
xii. Margaret, b. 15 Mar. and bapt. 22 Mar. 1752; d. at Middleton 8 May
1794; m. at Marblehead, 27 Dec. 1785, Jacob Fuller of Middleton.
Children: 1. Pegr^?/, bapt. 15 Apr. 1787. 2. Sarah Devereux, ha,pt. 7
Aug. 1791.
7. Ralph^ Devereux (Robert,^ John^), of Marblehead, baptized at
Marblehead as an adult, with his brother Humphrey, 3 Dec.
1727, and mentioned in the deed given by his father, 1 Apr.
1729, died before 17 Apr. 1784, the date of a deed from Burrill
Devereux to Samuel Devereux. He married (intention re-
corded at Lynn, 30 Nov. 1729) Ruth Potter of Lynn, born
202 ^ Descendants of John Devereux [July
there 11 Nov. 1710, died at Marblehead 27 Feb. 1809, daughter
. of Benjamin and Ruth (Burrill).
Children, recorded at Marblehead:
i, Ralph,^ bapt. 20 June 1731; probably d. young,
ii. Ruth, bapt. 18 Feb. 1732/3; probably d. young,
iii. Hannah, bapt. 23 Mar. 1734/5; probably d. young,
iv. Benjamin, b. 23 July 1737.
11. V. Ralph, b. 26 Oct. 1739.
12. vi. Robert, b. 27 Nov. 1741.
vii. Ruth, bapt. 15 Jan. 1743/4.
viii. Potter, bapt. 10 May 1747.
ix. Hannah, bapt. 28 May 1749; d. 4 Nov. 1775, aged 26 years, 6 months;
m. at Marblehead, 16 Nov. 1768, James Doak. Children, bapt.
at Marblehead: 1. Ruth, bapt. 15 Apr. 1770. 2. Hannah, bapt.
2 Feb. 1772. 3. Lydia, bapt. 19 Dec. 1773.
X. Lois, bapt. 12 July 1752; d. suddenly 21 Oct. 1823, aged 70 years;
m. at Marblehead, 12 Jan. 1775, Amos Grant, bapt. at Marble-
head 7 May 1749, d. 5 Aug. 1837, aged 88 years, 9 months, s. of
Amos and Anna.
xi. Benjamin Potter, bapt. 29 Sept. 1754; d. 16 Nov. 1831, aged 77;
m. at Marblehead, 30 May 1782, Elizabeth Gatchel of Marble-
head, bapt. at Marblehead 29 June 1760,' d. 23 Apr. 1841, aged 83,
dau. of Increase and Tabitha. Children: 1. Lois,^ bapt. 16 Feb.
1783. 2. Benjamin, d. suddenly 3 July 1822, aged 37. 3. Elisha
Gatchell, bapt. at Marblehead 23 Nov. 1788; d. ''on board Scho
Tom" (death recorded 12 Oct. 1810). 4. Betseij, bapt. at Marble-
head 8 Jan. 1792. 5. Ruthy, bapt. at Marblehead 12 June 1796.
8. Joseph^ Devereux (John,^ Robert,'^ John^), of Marblehead,
baptized at Salem 10 Oct. 1725, died 20 Feb. 1796, aged 70. He
married first Lydia ; and secondly, at Marblehead, 5
Jan. 1775, Mrs. Susanna (Phillips) Stagey, who died 20
Mar. 1823, aged 93.*
Lydia, wife of Joseph Devereux, appears 10 July 1748
among those who ''have taken the covenant upon themselves."
Afterwards, 1 Sept. 1771, she seems, with her husband, to
have joined publicly the Second Church of Marblehead. On
1 May 1784 Joseph Devereux conveyed the ''Raccoon Lot'^
to his first cousin, Samuel^ Devereux (6, vi), his wife Susanna
joining in the deed.
Children by first wife, recorded at Marblehead :
13. i. JoHN,5 b. 13 July 1748.
ii. Joseph, bapt. 25 Aug. 1751.
9. Humphrey^ Devereux {Humphrey,^ Robert,'^ John^), of Marble-
head, physician, born 11 Dec. 1730, died 3 Dec. 1773, aged '
42 years, 11 months, 22 days. He married at Lynn, 26 Jan.
1762, Anna Henchman, born at Lynn 18 May 1742, daughter
of Rev. Nathaniel of Lynn and his second wife, Lydia (Lewis).
Anna (Henchman) Devereux probably died before the Revo-
lution, as at that time her mother, then a widow, took Anna's
daughter Abigail to Topsfield and there brought her up.
*By her first husband, Capt. Samuel Stacey, to whom she was married at Marblehead 16 Feb.
1758, Mrs. Susanna (Phillips) Stacey had two daughters, viz., Susanna, baptized at Marblehead 16
Nov. 1760, who married at Marblehead, 4 Dec. 1787, John Trefry of Marblehead, died 29 or 31
Auff. 18.36, aged 76, and was buried beside her mother in the Devereux lot (Second Church burial
ground), and Elizabeth, baptized at Marblehead 11 Sept. 1763.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 203
Children, born at Marblehead :
i. Lydia/ b. 18 Aug. 1764; d. 21 Aug. 1765.
ii. Abigail, b. 17 June 1766; d. in Boston, at the home of her daughter
Elizabeth, 22 Feb. 1847; m. at Salem, 8 Dec. 1781, Hon. Samuel
Sewall of Marblehead, A.B. (Harvard, 1776), A.M. (Harvard
1779,) LL.D. (Harvard, 1808), b. in Boston 11 Dec. 1757, d. sud-
.1^ denly at Wiscasset, Me., while holding court there, 8 June 1814,
s. of Samuel, Esq., and Elizabeth (Quincy) of Boston. He prac-
tised law at Marblehead, was a member of the Massachusetts
Legislature, served as a member of the U. S. House of Representa-
tives from 4 Mar. 1797 until his resignation on 10 Jan. 1800, and
was a fellow of the American Academy of .A.rts and Sciences, a
presidential elector in 1801, a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court
of Massachusetts, 1800-1814, and chief justice of that court at the
time of his death. His body was first interred at Wiscasset, but
afterwards was placed in the Humphrey Devereux tomb at Marble-
head, in which also his wife's body was placed.* Children, b. at
Marblehead: 1. Rev. Samuel, of Burlington, A.B. (Harvard, 1804),
A.M. (Harvard, 1807), b. 1 June 1785; d. 18 Feb. 1868; m. 1 Jan.
1818 Martha Marrett, dau. of Rev. John, A.B. (Harvard, 1763),
A.M. (Harvard, 1766); he was pastor of the church at Burlington
from 13 Apr. 1814 until 18 May 1842, and was a member of the
Massachusetts Historical Society; one son and two daughters.!
2. Henry Devereux, of Watertown, N. Y., b. 21 Aug. 1786; d. 8 June
1846; m. 22 Jan. 1816 Mary C. Norton, who d. 30 Dec. 1840; six
sons and three daughters. 3. Joseph Henchman, b. 5 Oct. 1788;
d. 17 Feb. 1795. 4. Lydia Maria, b. 14 Apr. 1791; d. s. p. 11
Aug. 1822; m. at Marblehead, 3 May 1811, Samuel Greele of
Boston, A. B. (Harvard, 1802), A. M. (Harvard, 1808), b. 5 Sept.
1783, d. 16 Aug. 1861. 5. Anne Henchman, b. 18 Mar. 1793;
d. unm. 6 Feb. 1848. 6. Joseph Henchman, b. 6 Feb. 1795;
d. of consumption 26 Sept. 1813, while an undergraduate at Har-
vard. 7. Rev. Edmund Quincy, of Barnstable, Mass., Amherst,
N. H., and Scituate, Mass., A.B. (Harvard, 1815), A.M. (Harvard,
1818), b. 1 Oct. 1796; d. 15 Sept. 1866; m. 23 Aug. 1820 Caroline
Ward, b. 15 Nov. 1797, d. 8 Dec. 1867, dau. of Col. Joseph, Wash-
ington's muster-master general; he was minister at Barnstable
and Scituate; two sons and one daughter. 8. Elizabeth Quincy,
h. 10 June 1798; d. 19 June 1848; m. in Feb. 1825 her first cousin,
Thomas Robie Sewall of Boston, broker, b. 29 July 1792*, d. 30
Sept. 1864, s. of Joseph and Mary (Robie); three sons and one
daughter. 9. Rev. Charles Chauncy, of Danvers and Medfield, hon.
A.M. (Harvard, 1832, and Bowdoin, 1837), b. 10 May 1802; d.
at Medfield 22 Nov. 1886; m. at Medfield, 1 Oct. 1823, Amy
Peters, b. at Medfield 9 Dec. 1802, d. there 15 Aug. 1872, dau. of
William, Esq., and Mary (Ellis) ; he studied at Bowdoin College, but
did not graduate ; he was minister at South Danvers for fifteen years,
and lived many years in Medfield; four sons and six daughters. |
iii. Humphrey, b. 26 Sept. 1771; probably d. young.
*In the Ancient Cemetery at Wiscasset stands a marble monument, which was erected to the
memory of Chief Justice Sewall by the members of the bar practising in the Supreme Judicial
Court of the Commonwealth. The Latin and English inscriptions on this monument are given
in Register, vol. 72, p. 276. The descent of Chief Justice Sewall from Henry Sewall, Gentleman
[Mayor of Coventry, co. Warwick, England], is recorded there, and the date of the Chief Justice's
dea1;h is given as 8 June 1814, a day earlier than the date found in the Marblehead town records.
The records of St. Michael's Church, Marblehead, give 7 June as the date of death, and a private
record gives 11 June. He was a great-grandson of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, writer of the famous
"Diary."
tRev. Samuel Sewall of Burlington was elected a corresponding member of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society 4 June 1845, and held this membership until his death. A memoir*
of him may be found in Register, vol. 2.3, pp. 214-215, and also, somewhat abridged, in Memorial
Biographies of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, vol. 6, pp. 207-268.
+Rev. Charles Chauncy Sewall of Medfield was elected a resident member of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society 1 Feb. 1860, and resigned as a member 12 Sept. 1865.
204 Descendants of John Devereux [July
10. BuRRiLL'' Devereux {Humphrey,^ Robert,'^ John^), of Marble-
head, merchant, A.B. (Harvard, 1767), A.M. (Harvard, 1770),
born 21 Mar. and baptized at Marblehead 29 Mar. 1747, died
5 Apr. 1796. He married first, at Marblehead, 22 Apr. 1775,
Elizabeth Gerry, born at Marblehead 17 Ma}^ 1748, died
30 June 1790, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth
(Greenleaf)* and sister of Hon. Elbridge Gerry, A.B. (Harvard,
1762), A.M. (Harvard, 1765), LL.D. (Harvard, 1810), the
well-known Massachusetts statesman, a signer of the Decla-
ration of Independence, Governor of Massachusetts, and Vice-
President of the United States from 4 Mar. 1813 until his
death on 23 Nov. 1814; and secondly, at Marblehead, 21
Oct. 1790, Mrs. Sarah Grush, who died 9 June 1816, perhaps
widow of Capt. John Grush, who died 9 Jan. 1787, aged 54
years, 2 months.
Burrill Devereux served in the Massachusetts House of
Representatives, 1786-87.
Children by first wife, born at Marblehead :
i. Abigail Burrill,^ b. 13 Feb. and bapt. 18 Feb. 1776; m. at Marble-
head, 10 Apr. 1796, Capt. George Barker of Marblehead. Chil-
dren, b. at Marblehead: 1. Burrill Devereux, h. 1 May 1797; d.
of fever and ague at Syracuse, N. Y., aged 33 (death recorded 4
May 1830). 2. George, b. 31 Dec. 1798; d. on the same day.
3. George, d. 8 Nov. 1800. 4. A son, b. 29 Feb. 1801 [sic]; d. on
the same day. 5. Elizabeth Gerry, b. 27 Mar. 1802. 6. Hannah
Hooper, b. 23 Jan. 1804. 7. George Humphrey, b, 19 June 1805.
8. Joseph Nathaniel, b. 3 Feb. 1807; d. 29 Dec. 1813. 9. Sarah
Devereux, b. 19 Feb. 1809. 10. Samuel Elbridge, b. 21 Nov. 1810.
ii. Elizabeth Elbridge, b. 11 Sept. and bapt. 14 Sept. 1777; d. 9 Apr.
1778.
14. iii. Humphrey, b. 6 Aug. and bapt. 8 Aug. 1779.
iv. Betsey Gerry, b. 21 Dec. 1781; d. unm.
V. Hannah, bapt. 24 Apr. 1785; m. at Marblehead, 26 Dec. 1809,
Thomas Fettyplace of Marblehead. bapt. at Marblehead 9 Jan.
1785, d. at Salem 22 Jan. 1826, aged 41, s. of Edward and Jane.
Children, bapt. at Marblehead: 1. Elizabeth Gerry, bapt. 2 Dec.
1810. 2. Mary Jane Williams, bapt. 4 Aug. 1811. 3. Louisa
Abigail Devereux, bapt. 28 Nov. 1813. 4. John, bapt. 17 Mar.
1816. 5. Lucy Catherine Dodge, bapt. 9 Aug. 1818. 6. Henry
King, bapt. 13 Feb. 1820. 7. Hannah Ann Williams, bapt. 27
Jan. 1822. 8. Sarah Burrill, bapt. 25 Dec. 1823.
11. Ralph'* Devereux {Ralph,^ Robert,'^ John^), farmer, born at
Marblehead 26 Oct. 1739, died at Penobscot, Me., in Mar. 1824.
He married at Marblehead, 12 Sept. 1765, Lois Ixgerson
HiBBERT, born at Marblehead 23 Jan. 1749, daughter of Capt.
Joseph (born 22 Dec. 1723, died 13 Feb. 1801) and Lois (Inger-
son) (born 27 June 1725).
Ralph Devereux and his wife lived at Marblehead until «
after the birth of their fifth child, and then removed to Penob- J
scot. There he and his son took up two farms, side by side,
extending one mile from the Penobscot River. Mark C.
*Capt. Thomas Gerry of Newton Bushel, England, was born 15 Alar. 1701/2, came to Amer-
ica in 1730, established himself at Marblehead as a merchant, and died 13 July 1774, aged 72 years,
4 months. He married (1) at Marblehead, 16 Dec. 1734, Elizabeth Greenleaf, born at Marble-
head 1 June 171G, died 2 Sept. 1771, daughter of Enoch and Rebecca (Russellj ; and (2) at
Marblehead, G May 1773, Mrs. Elizabeth Lemmon.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 205
Devereux (21, iv) now (1920) owns the farm taken up by
his great-grandfather, Ralph (11), and Hves in the farmhouse
which his great-grandfather built.
Children, the first five born and baptized at Marblehead
and the others born at Penobscot. :
i. Lois,^ bapt. 1 Feb. 1767; m. Thomas Bowden.
15. ii. Ralph, b. 8 Dec. and bapt. 10 Dec. 1768.
iii. Abigail, bapt. 18 Nov. 1770; d. at Sedgwick, Me., 8 Jan. 1854; m.
16 Dec. 1792 Jeremiah^ Stover of Blue Hill, Me., farmer, b. at
York, Me., 5 Dec. 1770, d. at Blue Hill 16 Mar. 1824, s. of Isaac^
(Josiah,^ George,^ Sylvester^) and Martha of York. Nine children.*
iv. Nehemiah, bapt. 26 Apr. 1772; m. Martha Winslow of Penob-
scot. Children: 1. David.^ 2. James. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Eldridge.
5. Elisha. 6. Dennis. 7. Andrew Jackson, of Cape Elizabeth, Me.
v. Ruth, bapt. 27 Feb. 1774; m. Moses Veazie of Penobscot.
vi. Hannah, d. unm.
16. vii. Joseph, b. 1 Sept. 1779.
viii. Mary (Polly), b. 10 Oct. 1781; m. 25 Mar. 1811 Seth Kimball
of Blue Hill, Me.
ix. Lydia, d. unm. at Blue Hill, Me., in Dec. 1835.
X. Martha, d. 20 Dec. 1873; m., as his second wife, Isaac Smith Os-
good of Blue Hill, Me., his first wife having been her niece, Lois
Stover, daughter of her sister Abigail (11, iii). {Vide infra. Ad-
denda I and II.)
12. Robert^ Devereux (Ralph,^ Robert,^ John^) was born at Marble-
head 27 Nov. 1741. He married at Salem, 22 Oct. 1765,
Mary King of Salem, born at Salem 20 Sept. 1742, daughter
of Nathaniel and Mary (Ruck).
Children, baptized at Marblehead:
17. i. Nathaniel King,^ bapt. 2 Feb. 1766.
ii. Mary, bapt. 20 Mar. 1768.
iii. Robert, bapt. 11 Feb. 1770; m. at Marblehead, 8 Jan. 1804, Alice
Bray Thompson, bapt. at Marblehead 20 Oct. 1782, dau. of Samuel
and Jane (Bray). Children, bapt. at Marblehead: 1. Robert,^
bapt. 4 Nov. 1804. 2. Manj Jane, bapt. 6 Sept. 1807. 3. Ruth
Potter, bapt. 1 Oct. 1809. 4. James, bapt. 20 Oct. 1816. 5. Alice
Bray, bapt. 30 May 1819; d. 25 Feb. 1821, aged 23^ years. 6.
Rebecca Thompson, bapt. 24 Feb. 1822.
iv. James, bapt. 28 June 1772.
V. Ruth, bapt. 5 Feb. 1775; d. 19 Feb, 1841, aged 66 years, 1 month;
m. at Marblehead, 1 Feb. 1801, Capt. John Boden, bapt. at
Marblehead 1 Nov. 1772, d. 5 Nov. 1835, aged 63 years, 9 months,
s. of Samuel and Ruth (James). Children, bapt. at Marblehead:
1. James Devereux, bapt. 26 June 1808; d. 25 Nov. 1819, aged
about 12 years. 2. Samuel, bapt. 29 Sept. 1811. 3. Ruth, bapt.
16 Feb. 1812. 4. Hannah, bapt. 4 July 1824, aged 10 years.
vi. Hannah, bapt. 15 June 1783; m. at Marblehead, 17 Jan. 1805,
Samuel Thompson of Marblehead. Children, bapt. at Marble-
head: 1. Samuel King, bapt. 27 Apr. 1806. 2. Hannah, bapt.
9 Oct. 1808. 3. Mary Devereux, bapt. 2 Aug. 1812. 4. Jane
Bray, bapt. 11 Sept. 1814. 5. Ralph Devereux, bapt. 15 Dec.
1816. 6. Ruth Devereux, bapt. 13 Dec. 1818.
vii. Lois, bapt. 20 May 1787.
13. JoHN-5 Devereux {Joseph,^ John,^ Robert,^ John^), born at
Marblehead 13 July 1748, died 3 Jan. 1788. He married at
Marblehead, 16 June 1774, Mary Broughton, baptized at
*For Jeremiah and Abigail (Devereux) Stover and their descendants see Addenda I and II
at the end of this article.
206 Descendants of John Devereux [July
Marblehead 21 Sept. 1755, died 26 Oct. 1796, aged 41, daugh-
ter of Maj. Nicholson and Sarah (Pedrick) of Marblehead.
He was a second lieutenant in Nicholson Broughton's com-
pany, Col. Jonathan Glover's famous Marblehead regiment,
in the Revolution, and saw active service with it in all its
operations. He became a captain in the Continental service.
Children, baptized at Marblehead:
18. i. JoHN,6 bapt. 28 May 1775.
ii. Lydia Newhall, bapt. 28 July 1776.
iii. Mary, bapt. 12 Apr. 1778; d. unm. 6 May 1828.
iv. Joseph, bapt. 31 Oct. 1779; d. at Havana, Cuba.
V. Hannah, bapt. 4 July 1781; d. of lung fever 10 May 1842, aged 61;
m. at Marblehead, 11 Jan. 1807, John Ingalls, bapt. at Marble-
head 29 Feb. 1784, d. 2 or 4 Oct. 1836, s. of William and Sarah
(Hines).
vi. Sarah Pedrick, bapt. 31 Aug. 1783; d. unm. 15 Sept. 1855.
vii. Eleanor, bapt. 4 Sept. 1785; m. at Marblehead, 4 Dec. 1803, Capt.
Samuel Candler of Philadelphia, Pa. Children: 1. Mary Ellen,
bapt. at Marblehead 30 Sept. 1804. 2. Samuel, bapt. at Marble-
head 12 July 1807. 3. Evaline, m. Flamen Ball, law partner of
Hon. Salmon P. Chase.
viii. Capt. Nicholson Broughton, bapt. 15 Apr. 1787; d. 12 Nov. 1826
[sic]; m. at Marblehead, 25 Apr. 1811, Mehitable Cloutman,
bapt. at Marblehead 21 Nov. 1784, d. of fever 24 or 25 June 1828,
aged 44, dau. of Thomas and Mehitable (Wilson). Children
(baptisms recorded at Marblehead): 1. Nicholson Broughton,''
b. 30 Oct. 1812 and bapt. 5 Sept. 1813; d. unm. in Boston. 2.
George Thomas, b. 26 Feb. and bapt. 4 Aug. 1816. 3. John Newell
(or John Newhall), b. 15 Sept. 1818 and bapt. 1 Aug. 1819, aged
6 months [sic]] d. at Charlestown 13 Feb. 1881; bur. in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, 17 Feb. 1881; m. Jane W. , who d. at
Miller's Falls 4 Apr. 1895, aged 75 years, and was bur. in Wood-
lawn Cemetery 8 Apr. 1895; a member of the City Council of Bos-
ton in 1875; three children at least.* 4. Mehitable Wilson, bapt.
24 June 1823; d. in Apr. 1857; m. John Singleton McKay of Brook-
lyn, N. Y. *5. Joseph Frederick, bapt. 19 July 1828, aged 2 years,
6 months. 6. Mary Broughton, bapt. 19 July 1828; d. on same
day, aged 4 months or 6 months.
14. Humphrey^ Devereux (Burrill,'^ Humphrey,^ Robert,^ John^),
of Salem, A.B. (Harvard, 1798), A.M. (Harvard, 1801), born
at Marblehead 6 Aug. and baptized 8 Aug. 1779, died at
Salem 1 June 1867. He married, 6 Mar. 1809, Eliza Dodge,
born 14 Dec. 1785, died 20 Nov. 1828, daughter of Israel and
Lucia (Pickering) and niece of Hon. Timothy Pickering.
He studied law in the office of Hon. John Lowell of Boston,
and, after a business voyage to the East Indies, settled in
Salem as a merchant.
Children, born at Salem:
19. i. George Humphrey,^ b. 1 Dec. 1809.
ii. Marianne (or Mary Ann) Cabot, b. 6 Feb. 1812; d. at Milton
4 Aug. 1889; m, at Salem, in the home of her father on Chestnut
Street, 9 Nov. 1829, Nathaniel Silsbee, A.B. (Harvard, 1824),
A.M. (Harvard, 1862), b. at Salem 28 Dec. 1804 and bapt. 3 Feb.
*These three children were: 1. WilHam Henry, bur. at Marblehead 4 Nov. 1843, aged 2 years,
3 months; bur. again in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, in the lot of John N. Devereux, 24 Apr.
1861. 2. George N., d. at Reams Station, Va., 3 Sept. 18G4, aged 21 years, 11 months, 3 days;
bur. in Woodlawn Cemetery 2-5 Aug. 1868. 3. Abbott, d. at Marblehead, 2G Mar. 1851, aged
4 years, 3 months, 14 days; bur. in Woodlawn Cemetery 24 Apr. 18t31.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 207
1805, d. at Milton 9 July 1881, s. of Hon. Nathaniel (a member
of the U. S. House of Representatives, 1817-1821, and a U. S.
senator from Massachusetts, 1826-1835) and Mary (Crowninshield).
He represented Salem in the Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives in 1833 and 1846 and in the extra session of 1848 called to
choose presidential electors, was mayor of Salem in 1849, 1850,
1858, and 1859, and was treasurer of Harvard College from 1862
to 1876. In 1862 he removed from Salem to Boston, and in 1869
he became a legal resident of Milton. Children, b. and bapt. at
Salem: 1. Nathaniel Devereux, A.B. (Harvard, 1852), A.M. (Har-
vard, 1855), b. 22 Oct. 1830 and bapt. 8 May 1833; d. 27 June
1912; m. 22 Oct. 1856 Mary Stone Hodges, b. 8 Dec. 1836, dau.
of George A. and Abigail E. (White); four children.* 2. George
Devereux, b. 29 Oct. 1832 and bapt. 8 May 1833; d. 18 Aug. 1843.
3. Eliza Devereux, b. 23 Oct. and bapt. 15 Dec. 1835; d. 20 Mar.
1837. 4. Marianne Devereux, b. 11 Sept. and bapt. 19 Oct. 1837;
d. 10 Mar. 1838. 5. Mary Crowninshield, b. 7 Apr. and bapt.
15 Nov. 1840; m. 12 June 1861 Frederick Augustus Whitwell,
b. 10 Mar. 1820, d. 20 July 1912, s. of Samuel and Sophia (Story);
residence, Milton; two children. f 6. William Edward, A.B.
(Harvard, 1867), A.M. (Harvard, 1872), b. 27 Sept. 1845 and bapt.
8 Mar. 1846; d. 16 July 1908.
15. Ralph^ Devereux (Ralph,^ Ralph, ^ Robert,^ J ohn^), of Penobscot,
Me., farmer, born at Marblehead 8 Dec. and baptized 10
Dec. 1768, died at Penobscot 20 Sept. 1852. He married, 24
Sept. 1793, Elizabeth Winslow, born 11 July 1770, died at
Penobscot 19 June 1848.
Children, born at Penobscot:
i. Elijah Winslow,^ of Dedham, Me., b. at Penobscot 2 May 1794;
d. at Dedham 29 Jan. 1858; m. 22 Apr. 1824 Rebecca Lawrence
of Bucksport, Me., b. at Orland, Me., 23 May 1805, d. at Penobscot
in Oct. 1876. Children: 1. Joseph Lull,'' b. 19 Apr. 1825; lost
on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. 2. Abigail Ann, b. at
Penobscot 20 May 1827. 3. Reuben, b. at Dedham. 4. Jefferson,
b. at Dedham; a physician in Colorado. 5. Nehemiah, b. at Ded-
ham; drowned when a boy. 6. Ralph W., b. at Dedham; lived in
Michigan.
20. ii. Ralph, b. 15 June 1795.
iii. Abigail, b. 1 Nov. 1798; d. at Castine, Me., 27 Dec. 1843; m. 18
June 1829 John Wilson of Castine, who d. in 1839. Residence,
Castine. Children: 1. Elijah. 2. John. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Ne-
hemiah, master mariner, b. 29 Mar. 1835; lost at sea from the
Fanny 18 Aug. 1871; m. Emily G. Heagan of Prospect, Me.,
b. 9 Jan. 1836, d. 4 Nov. 1884; after the death of his parents he
was brought up by his uncle, Ralph Devereux (20) of Prospect;
four children. J
iv. Mercy, b. 19 Mar. 1801; d. at Penobscot 12 Jan. 1874; m. 27 Nov.
1823 Thomas Cummings of Prospect, Me., b. at Prospect 12 Apr.
1798, d. 2 Apr. 1879. Children: 1. Elizabeth, h. 10 Aug. 1824;
d. 23 Mar. 1883; m. Joseph Clapp. 2. John, b. 2 July 1826; lost
at sea 10 Oct. 1850. 3. Harriet Devereux, h. 22 Aug. 1827; d. unm.
*Children of Nathaniel Devereux and Mary Stone (Hodges) Silsbee: 1. Elizabeth White, b.
27 Sept. 1857; m. 23 Aug. 1876 Winslow Lewis Montgomery, b. 8 Sept. 1848, d. 17 Jan. 1911.
2. Nathaniel, b. 9 Feb. 1859. 3. Rosamond White, b. 16 Novi 1863. 4. George Devereux,
b. 30 Dec. 1865; m. Bertha Griggs.
tChildren of Frederick Augustus and Mary Crowninshield (Silsbee) Whitwell: 1. Frederick
Silsbee, of Boston, A. B. (Harvard, 1884), LL.B. (Harvard, 1887), b. 12 Mar. 1862; m. 23 Nov.
1893 Gertrude Howard, b. 13 Aug. 1873, dau. of William H. of San Mateo, Cal.; one daughter,
Gertrude Howard, b. 8 Feb. 1896, d. 27 Nov. 1908. 2. Natalie Silsbee, b. 2 July 1863.
{Children of Nehemiah and Emily G. (Heagan) Wilson: 1. Mabel S., m. John Shute. 2.
Merrill, d. at the age of 5 years. 3. Arthur S., b. 25 Feb. 1862; m. Fannie Alexander of Balti-
more, Md. 4. Elizabeth Devereux, m. J. G. James of Bangor, Me.
208 Descendants of John Dsvereux [July
9 Jan. 1863. 4. Ralph Devereux, b. 10 Feb. 1829; d. in 1878; m.
; had issue. 5. Thomas F., b. 14 Mar. 1831; lost at sea
31 Oct. 1887; unm. 6. Mark, b. 25 Jan. 1833; lost at sea 6 Apr.
1850; unm. 7. Mercy A., h. 5 Oct. 1834; d. unm. 1 Mar. 1860.
8. William, b. 17 Mar. 1837; m. . 9. George M., master
mariner, b. 25 May 1839; d. in 1916; m. . 10. Mary H.,
b. 25 Mar. 1841; d. 10 Sept. 1843. 11. Edward A., b. 15 Sept.
1842; d. 9 Sept. 1866; m. . 12. Charles B., b. 5 Feb. 1845;
d. at sea, unm., 5 Sept. 1864.
V. Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar. 1803; d. at Castine, Me., 2 July 1882; m.
18 Sept. 1831 Charles Dunbar, master mariner, b. at Penobscot
10 June 1793, d. 10 Nov. 1862. Children: 1. Charles Carroll,
of Blue Hill, Me., an officer in the U. S. Navy, b. 17 July 1832;
drowned 3 Jan. 1866; m. . 2. Eunice, b. 13 Jan. 1834;
d. in 1878; m. . 3. Eliza, b. 30 Mar. 1836; d. unm. 19
Apr. 1860. 4. Frances M., b. 10 Oct. 1838; d. in Dec. 1866; m.
; residence, Prospect, Me. 5. Susan, b. 5 Jan. 1841; d. at
Penobscot 13 Jan. 1855. 6. Julia Ann, b. 9 Oct. 1842; d. unm.
at Penobscot 22 Jan. 1866. 7. Abbie W., b. 25 Apr. 1845; d. in
Jan. 1919; m. Alfred Hutchins; residence, Prospect, Me.; had
a daughter named Grace.
vi. Jefferson, b. 15 Nov. 1805; d. 14 Nov. 1806.
vii. Harriet, b. 29 Nov. 1807; d. s. p. at Winterport, Me., 25 Mar. 1892;
m. 8 Feb. 1858, as his second wife, Thomas Johnston, b. at Frank-
fort, Me., in 1800, d. in 1876. Residence, Winterport.
viii. Jefferson, of Castine, Me., master mariner and farmer, b. 11 July
1810; d. at Castine 3 Sept. 1892; m. 20 Apr. 1837 Jane Turner
of Castine, b. at Orland, Me., 30 Oct. 1811, d. at Castine 26 Apr.
1875. Child: 1. Amanda J.,' b. at Castine 11 Sept. 1841; d.
there 30 Sept. 1919; m. 31 Aug. 1867 Edwin Ordway of Penob-
scot, b. 15 Apr. 1844; three children.*
21. ix. Reuben, b. 21 Mar. 1813.
16. Joseph^ Devereux (Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Robert,^ John^), of Penob-
scot, Me., farmer, born at Penobscot 1 Sept. 1779, died 30
Apr. 1823, and was buried on the present Mark C. Devereux
farm, formerly owned by Joseph's father, near Penobscot.
He married Hannah Wight of Andover, Mass., born at An-
dover 7 July 1784, died at Penobscot 5 Sept. 1863, daughter
of John and Hannah (Parker), who were married at Andover
10 Apr. 1780. John Wight served eight years in the Revo-
lution.!
Children :
22. i. JoHN,6 b. at Penobscot 25 Mar. 1808.
ii. WiLLARD, b. 20 Dec. 1809; d. 19 Jan. 1810.
23. iii. WiLLARD, b. 15 Dec. 1810.
iv. Leonard, d. in infancy.
V. Lois, b. 10 Mar. 1813; m. Jabez Wood of Orrington, Me., farmer.
Children: 1. Joseph W., b. 15 Feb. 1836; served in the Union Army
in the Civil War, 1861-1865. 2. Sylvanus L., b. 20 May 1837;
served in the Union Army in the Civil War. 3. Seth Kimball,
b. 15 Feb. 1839. 4. Marietta, b. 1 Sept. 1842; d. unm. in Sept.
1893. 5. Hannah Wight, b. 2 Nov. 1844.
vi. Mary, b. 12 Mar. 1814; d. 26 Jan. 1876; m. in 1834 John King of
Orrington, Me., farmer, b. 25 Mar. 1811, d. 17 Aug. 1903. Chil-
dren: 1. John Devereux, b. 9 Apr. 1835; d. 10 Nov. 1906; m.
•Children of Edwin and Amanda J. (Devereux) Ordway: 1. Jennie, b. 15 July 1868; m. 19
Aug. 1897 William L. Bridges of Penobscot, farmer. 2. Wilbert, b. at Castine 11 Jan. 1871;
m. 12 Mar. 1897 Grace Leach, b. 8 Feb. 1872. 3. Walter, b. at Castine 22 Sept. 1875; m. in
Mar. 1897 Winifred Leach.
fin the Andover Vital Records the name Wight is spelled also White.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 209
Anna Mason; he enlisted in the Civil War, but saw no active ser-
vice; two children: (1) Florence May, b. 5 May 1876, (2) Edward
Mason, b. 22 Oct. 1879. 2. George Everett, b. 19 June 1836; d.
unm. 28 June 1882. 3. Martha Osgood, b. 16 Sept. 1837; d. 20
Mar. 1842. 4. Ruby, b. 18 Nov. 1838; m. Rev. Samuel Page;
child: (1) Sherman Daniel, b. 30 July 1864. 5. Amos Harriman,
b. 4 Mar. 1840; d. s. p. 13 Aug. 1912; m. Cora L. Baker; he enlisted
in the Civil War, but was discharged on account of ill health with-
out seeing active service. 6. Abbie Ingalls, b. 5 June 1841; living
in 1920 at Bucksport, Me.; m. at Bucksport, 15 Nov. 1866, her
second cousin, Charles Arthur Devereux (21, iii) of Bucksport
master mariner, b. at Penobscot 17 Mar. 1844, d. 14 Mar. 1895
two children (vide infra, 21, iii). 7. Jabez Wood, h. 5 June 1843
living in 1919 at Toledo, Ohio; m. (1) Elizabeth Philhps; m.
(2) Mrs. Frances Harwood; he served in the Civil W^ar in the
Second Maine Infantry; three children by first wife: (1) Walter
John, b. 10 May 1872, (2) George Phillips, b. 24 July 1874, (3)
Willard Everett, b. 3 Mar. 1877. 8. Martha Osgood, b. 19 Apr.
1845; d. 14 Dec. 1905; m. Amos Merrill Wight, b. 5 Mar. 1843;
five children: (1) Mary Estelle, b. 27 Nov. 1870, (2) Joseph Merrill,
b. 9 Nov. 1872, (3) Melville Page, b. 13 July 1874, (4) Beatrice
Evelyn, b. 9 June 1883, (5) Winifred Ethel, b. 9 June 1885. 9.
Willard Devereu , b. 25 Oct. 1847; d. 17 Mar. 1916; m. Lilhan
Adgate; four children: (1) Everett Willard, b. 25 Jan. 1881, (2)
Leonard Reed, b. 20 Nov. 1882, (3) Grace Lillian, b. 10 Aug. 1884,
(4) Ruth Leola, b. 5 May 1896. 10. Mary Sherman, b. 5 Mar.
1849; m. George Ryder of Orrington, b. 29 June 1846; three
children: (1) Maurice Sumner, b. 3 June 1880, (2) Clifford, b. 16
July 1883, (3) Flora Nancy, b. 11 Jan. 1885. 11. Anna Devereux,
b. 6 Nov. 1851; living in 1919, at Bangor, Me.; m. Alpheus Gro-
ver Hanson; four children: (1) Alice Elizabeth, b. 28 July 1882,
(2) Mabel Devereux, b. 8 Apr. 1885, (3) Louise Hallett, b. 5 May
1887, (4) Walter King, b. 3 Jan. 1889. 12. Edward Everett, b.
16 June 1857; d. s. p. 15 Sept. 1892; m. Nellie Rideout. 13.
Charles Sumner, b. 18 Sept. 1858; m. Alice Smith; no issue.
vii. Abigail, b. 15 June 1816; d. 23 May 1889; m. (1) Ingalls;
m. (2) David Godfrey of Orrington, b. 26 Oct. 1806. Child by
first husband: 1. George, d. in 1919; had a daughter named Maud.
Children by second husband: 2. Rodulphus W., b. 13 July 1854.
3. Josephine, b. 6 July 1857; living in 1919 at Bangor, Me.
24. viii. Seth Kimball, b. at Penobscot 12 June 1821.
ix. Joseph, b. in 1823, after his father's death; d. unm. 30 July 1846,
aged 23.
17. Nathaniel King^ Devereux (Robert,^ Ralph,^ Robert,'^ John^),
baptized at Marblehead 2 Feb. 1766, died 26 Sept. 1840. He
married at Marblehead, 4 Nov. 1792, Tabitha Story, baptized
31 Mar. 1771, died at Providence, R. I., 19 Feb. 1852, aged
80 years, 11 months, daughter of Dr. Ehsha of Marblehead
and his first wife, Ruth (Ruddock). Tabitha Story was a
half sister of Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D., Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Children, baptized at Marblehead:
i. Nathaniel,^ b. 10 Mar. and bapt. 17 Mar. 1793; d. of consumption
8, 11, or 14 Oct. 1814.
ii. Ruth Ruddock, b. 31 July and bapt. 10 Aug. 1794; d. 10 Sept. 1795.
iii. Elisita Story, b. 10 Nov. and bapt. 15 Nov. 1795; d. 16 Nov. 1840;
m. at Marblehead, 17 Jan. 1822, Ruthy Knight, bapt. at Marble-
head 4 Mar. 1798, dau. of George and EHzabeth. Children, b. at
Marblehead: 1. Elisha Story,'' b. 7 Dec. 1822. 2. Mary Knight,
b. 31 [sic] Sept. 1824. 3. Ebenezer Breed, b. 8 Nov. 1830.
/
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iv. James, b. 11 Feb. and bapt. 26 Feb. 1797; d., as a result of being
"thrown out of a Carriage," 25 Nov. 1819.
V. Ruth Story, b. 14 Feb. and bapt. 24 Feb. 1799; d. 31 Aug. 1873.
vi. Mary King, b. 14 Jan. and bapt. 18 Jan. 1801; d. 17 May 1802,
aged 1 year, 4 months, 3 days,
vii. Robert, b. 10 Oct. and bapt. 7 Nov. 1802; d. 15 Jan. 1867.
viii. Mary King, b. 25 July and bapt. 29 July 1804; d. 16 Dec. 1873.
ix. Tabitha Story, b. 16 Feb. and bapt. 23 Feb! 1806; d. 22 Feb. 1872.
X. William Story, b. 31 Jan. 1807 and bapt. 7 Feb. 1808; d. 11 Nov.
1883.
xi. Ralph Potter, b. 15 Oct. and bapt. 21 Oct. 1810; d. 13 June 1866;
m. at Marblehead, 23 Jan. 1844, Mary W. Creesey.
xii. Isaac Story, b. 16 Oct. and bapt. 8 Nov. 1812; d. 17 Dec. 1872.
xiii. Nathaniel Anthony, b. 14 Feb. 1817; d. 4 Nov. 1882.
18. Capt. John^ Devereux (John,^ Joseph,^ John,^ Robert,^ Johii^),
of Marblehead, baptized at Marblehead 28 May 1775, died
14 Dec. 1812. He married at Marblehead, 28 Sept. 1797,
Betsey Hill Leach, baptized at Marblehead 11 Apr. 1778,
died of consumption 26 or 25 Sept. 1826, aged 48, daughter
of Henry and Catherine, formerly of Beverly. She was ad-
mitted to the Second Church of Marblehead 13 May 1798.
Children (baptisms recorded at Marblehead) :
i. Betsey Hill,"^ bapt. 27 May 1798; d. at Dedham 18 Mar. 1885; m.
at Marblehead, 27 Dec. 1821, George Washington Humphrey,
b. 1 Jan. 1800, s. of John and Mercy (Eaton). Children: 1. George
Henry, b. 17 June 1822. 2. Eliza Ann Leach, h. 22 Dec. 1824.
3. John Devereux, b. 22 Jan. 1828. 4. Joseph, b. 8 Jan. 1830.
5. Mary Elizabeth, b. 27 Mar. 1832. 6. YVilliam Eaton, b. 1 Mar.
1836.
ii. Mary Broughton, bapt. 19 Jan. 1800; d. unm. in Boston 12 Mar.
1876.
25. iii. John, bapt. 25 Apr. 1802.
iv. Nathaniel (twin), b. and d. 24 Dec. 1804.
V. Joseph (twin), b. and d. 24 Dec. 1804.
vi. Hannah Leach, b. 19 Feb. 1806; d. at Salem 20 July 1868; m. at
Marblehead, 23 Aug. 1838, John Bartoll, Jr., painter, of Marble-
head. Children, recorded at Marblehead: 1. John, bapt. 3 Nov.
1839. 2. MoiiWaDei-ereux, bapt. 10 Oct. 1841. 3. William Henry, h.
12 Jan. 1843. 4. Mary Devereux, b. 18 Jan. 1846; d. 18 Nov. 1846.
5. Mary Devereux, b. 18 Oct. 1847.
vii. Henry Leach, bapt. 13 Mar. 1808; d. at Burlington, Wis., 5 Jan.
1889; m. 2 Nov. 1829 Hannah Nichols Emerson of Boston, who
d. at Burlington, Wis., 21 June 1880. They lived at Dedham,
and moved thence to Burlington, Wis.
viii. Joseph Nathaniel, b. 5 Feb. 1811; d. "on board Ship Asia" 6 Oct.
1836 and bur. in Caspar Strait, Dutch East Indies; m. at Marble-
head, 31 May 1832, Abigail Lindsay Cots-ell, bapt. at Marble-
head 6 Aug. 1815, dau. of John Glover and Abigail (Lindsay).
Children, b. at Marblehead: 1. Abigail Cowell,^ b. 12 Mar. 1832
[sic], 2, Josephine Maria (posthumous child), b. 8 Mar. 1837.
19. George Humphrey^ Devereux {Humphrey,^ Biirrill,^ Hum-
phrey,^ Robert.'^ John^), of Salem, merchant, A.B. (Harvard,
1829), A.M. (Harvard, 1832), born at Salem 1 Dec. 1809,
died 24 Oct. 1878. He married, 19 Dec. 1832, Charlotte
Story Forrester, born 4 Sept. 1811, died 27 Apr. 1873,
daughter of John of Salem and Charlotte (Story), who were
married at Marblehead 25 Oct. 1810, Charlotte Story being
a daughter of Dr. Elisha Story of Marblehead by his second
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wife, Mehitable (Pedrick), and a sister of Hon. Joseph Story,
LL.D., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States.
George Humphrey Devereux represented Salem in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1835, 1855, and
1856, commanded the Salem Light Infantry, and was adjutant
general of the Commonwealth from 15 Jan. 1848 to 6 May
1851.
Children :
i. George Forrester,^ b. 2 Sept. 1833; m. at Durant, Iowa, 9 Dec.
1860, Mary Neuw anger. On 2 Mar. 1865 he was commissioned
as second lieutenant in the Second Regiment of U. S. Volunteers.
ii. John Forrester, A.B. (Harvard, 1856), A.M. (Harvard, 1859),
b. 12 Mar. 1835; d. unm. in 1883. In Dec. 1861 he was captain
in the Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry.
26. iii. Arthur Forrester, b. 27 Apr. 1836.
iv. Charles Upham, b. 27 June 1838; d. 25 Sept. 1886; m. in 1866 Jane
Dewey Ensign. On 18 Apr. 1861 he was first sergeant in the
Salem Zouaves, and on 15 Nov. 1861 he was captain of Co. H,
Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry. He was wounded in the
Battle of Antietam, in Sept. 1862. Child: 1. Robert C.,^ b. at
Richland Centre, Wis., 1 July 1867.
V. Walter Forrester, b. 7 Sept. 1841; d. unm. In the Civil War he
was captain of the Forty-seventh U. S. Infantry (colored).
vi. Marianne Silsbee, b. 21 Sept. 1843; living unm.
vii. Edward Forrester, b. 5 Oct. 1845 and bapt. at Salem 8 May 1848;
d. unm. 21 May 1902.
viii. Charlotte Story Forrester, b. 22 Dec. 1847 and bapt. at Salem
8 May 1848; d. 7 Aug. 1897 and bur. at San Gabriel, Cal.; m. at
Salem, 14 Dec. 1876, her half second cousin, Francis Quarles
Story, b. 18 July 1845, s. of John Patten and Elizabeth (Quarles),
grandson of William and Elizabeth (Patten), and great-grandson of
Dr. Elisha and his first wife, Ruth (Ruddock).
ix. Francis Bohun, b. 14 Feb. 1849; m. 10 Sept. 1885 Ardella Horton
Seaman, dau. of George and Martha (Horton). Child: 1. Francis
Story}
X. Eliza Dodge, b. 8 Feb. 1856; d. 17 May 1907 and bur. at San Gabriel,
Cal.
[To be continued]
I
RECORDS OF THE SECOND CHURCH
OF BERWICK, ME., 1755-1857
Copied by Mrs. Marietta Frances (Stacy) Hilton of Belmont, Mass.
The Second, or Blackberry Hill, Parish of Berwick, Me., became
extinct many years ago. The records of the church are contained
n an old book in a very dilapidated condition, which is now in
:he possession of Mrs. Mattie H. (Lord) Merrill of Syracuse, N. Y.,
laughter of the late Frederick Augustus Lord of Berwick and widow
)f Curtis Merrill. These records, with the exception of a few pages
lealing with disciplinary matters, are given below. There are no
ieath records in the book.
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Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me.
[July
The Church was organized April 3, 1755 Those who signed the Covenant
are as follows.
Elder John Smith
Bial Hambleton
Samuel Brackett
Moses Hodsdon
Grindal Knight
John Shorey
Samuel Wentworth
Gabriel Hambleton
John Pray
Andrew Walker
Gideon May
William Frost
Thomas Holms
Nathaniel Libbey
Patrick Gowen
Paul Stone
Joseph Hambleton
Joseph Stone
Ebenezer Lord
Abraham Lord
Nathaniel Gub ail
John Brackett
Isaac Brackett
Samuel Brackett
John Knight
John Scates
Catalogue of those owning the Covenant and having Liberty to offer
themselves and children to Baptism. Both Males and Females.
Males.
Eliphalet Randall, Jan. 1756
Jonathan Clark, Feb. 1756
John Andross, Mar. 1756
William Goodwin, June 1756
William Davis, June 1756
Charles Butler, July 1757
Philip Yeaton, Sept. 1757
Jacob Shorey, Mar. 1758
Daniel SulHvan, Feb. 25, 1759
Joshua Ricker, May 13, 1759
Nathaniel Hardison, May 17, 1760
John Jones, Mar. 15, 1761
Ebenezer Jones, Mar. 16, 1761
James Foy, Mar. 15, 1761
Benjamin Barrows, Mar. 15, 1761
Benjamin Libbey, Apr. 19, 1761
Benjamin Austin, Sept. 24, 1761
Moses Austin, Sept. 26, 1761
Samuel Hooper, Sept. 27, 1761
Jeremiah Goodwin, Nov. 5, 1761
Samuel Hanscom, Feb. 1762
Tristram Faul Aug. 22, 1762
Jabez Ricker, Jan. 9, 1763
Hanly [sic] Applebey, June 3, 1764
Daniel Knock, July 8, 1764
John Pierce, Jun., Apr. 13, 1766
Miles Shorey, Apr. 13, 1766
Joshua Roberts, May 14, 1767
Females.
Mary Brackett, Dec. 1755
Miriam Brackett, Dec. 1755
Mary Woodsum, Dec. 1755
Mehetable Brackett, Dec. 1755
Lydia Randall, Jan. 1756
Sarah Hodsdon, Jan. 1756
Mercy Clark, Jan. 7, 1756
Sarah Clark, Jan. 7, 1756
Sarah Murrey, Jan. 7, 1756
Sarah Goodwin, Jan. 7, 1756
Love Davis, Jan. 7, 1756
Sarah Butler, July 1757
Eunice Shackley, July 1757
Hannah Shorey, Mar. 1758
Mary Hodsdon, July 1758
Sarah Perkins, Sept. 1758
Bettey Ricker, May 13, 1759
Lydia Goodwin, Apr. 20, 1760
Charity Hardison, May 17, 1760
Priscilla Jones, Mar. 15, 1761
Mary Barrows, Mar. 15, 1761
Ehzabeth Libbey, Apr. 19, 1761
EHzabeth Grindall, Apr. 12, 1761
Elizabeth Foy, May 1, 1761
Joanna Jones, May 1, 1761
^ — Austin, Sept. 24, 1761
Patience Austin, Sept. 24, 1761
Peggey Hooper, Sept. 27, 1761
Lydia Goodwin, Nov. 15, 1761
Hannah Hanscom. Feb. 11, 1762
Martha Faul, Aug. 22, 1762
Abigail Clark, Sept. 5, 1762
Martha Ash[27Zegz6/e], Oct. 9, 1763
Applebey, June 3, 1764
Abigail Stone, June 3, 1764
Sarah Knock, July 8, 1764
Abigail Thompson, Aug. 25, 1764
EHzabeth Shorey, Apr. 13, 1766
Members in full standing of the Second Church in Berwick, Maine, both
Male and Female, Beginning Apr. 3, 1755
Males all embodied together in March 1755
Elder John Smith John Morse, Pastor
Elder Moses Hodsdon Bial Hambleton
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John Holmes
Dea. Samuel Brackett
Dea. Samuel Wentworth
Dea. John Shorey
Gabriel Hambleton
Gideon May
Thomas Holmes
William Frost
Patrick Gowen
Nathaniel Libbey
Paul Stone, in March 1760
Joseph Stone, in March 1760
John Knight, in March 1760
John Scates, in March 1760
Robert Tidey, in March 1760
William Goodwin, Aug. 5, 1759
John White, Aug. 5, 1759
Thomas Pike, Aug. 5, 1759
Zachariah Knock, June 7, 1761*
Zachariah Knock, Jr., June 7, 1761*
Abraham Barrows, Aug. 20, 1761
Ichabod Tibbitts, Aug. 27, 1761
John Hossum, Aug. 1, 1762
James Toy, May 6, 1764
Tristram Heard, May 6, 1764
Joshua Knock, June 24, 1764
Matthies Merriam, Pastor, rec. Sept.
25 1765
Plawiey Applebey, Oct. 20, 1765
William Hooper, Aug. 10, 1765
Stephen Kenney, Aug. 8, 1767
Dr. Humphrey Chadbourne, Jan. 15,
1767
Joshua Pray, Aug. 5, 1770
Nathaniel Guptail, Aug. 5, 1770
Thomas Downs, July 6, 1778
Daniel Bracket, Oct. 1779
Grindul Knight
John Pray
Andrew Walker
Joseph Hambleton
Ebenezer Lord
Samuel Brackett, Jr.
Nathaniel Guptail
Abraham Lord
John Brackett
Isaac Brackett
Nathaniel Libby, June 4, 1780
James Randall, June 4, 17B0
John Andrews, July 16, 1780
Joseph Chick, July 16, 1780
Richard Whidden, July 16, 1780
John Leavy [or Leary], July 16, 1780
Daniel Lebbey, July 23, 1780
Joshua Staples, Aug. 27, 1780
Jabez Ricker, Aug. 27, 1780
Humphrey Chadbourne, Aug. 27,
1780
John Randall, Aug. 27, 1780
John Frost, Oct. 15, 1780
Nathaniel Norton, Oct. 15, 1780
Jonathan Ross, Apr. 22, 1781
James Fogg, June 10, 1781
Aaron Chick, Sept. 1, 1782
Joshua Grant, Oct. 13, 1782
Thomas Hodsdon, Nov. 24, 1782
Aaron Roberts, Nov. 24, 1782
Humphrey Lord, Nov. 24, 1782
Ichabod Hayes, Sept. 20, 1784
George Stanton, May 2, 1796
Joseph Hilliard, Pastor, ordained
Oct. 11, 1797
Jonathan Nock, Apr. 29, 1798
Females received in the Second Church of Berwick.
Elizabeth Smith, Mar. 1755
Abigail Brackett, Mar. 1755
Sarah Hodsdon, Mar. 1755
Joanna Wentw^orth, Mar. 1755
Mary Shorey, Mar. 1755
Mary May, Mar. 1755
Meriam Lebbey, Mar. 1755
Experience Pray, Mar. 1755
Love Frost, Mar. 1755
Meriam Gowen, Mar. 1755
Mary Guptail, Mar. 1755
EHzabeth Lord, Mar. 1755
Elizabeth Hambleton, Mar. 1755
Elizabeth Chick, Mar. 1755
Sarah Frost, Mar. 1755
Abigail Lebbey, Mar. 1755
Mary Penney, Mar. 1755
Rebeccah Andross, Mar. 1755
Martha Lord, Mar. 1755
Charity Key, Mar. 1755
Ann Thorald, Mar. 1755
Mehetable Goodwin, Mar. 1755
Mary Hambleton, Mar. 1755
Sarah Morse, Mar. 1755
EHzabeth Smith, Mar. 1755
Abigail Goodwin, Mar. 1755
Sarah Clarey, Mar. 1755
Keziah Grant, Mar. 1755
*Another entry states that Zacheriah Knock was received into the church at Berwick from
Kittery, Me., June 21, 17G1, and that his son, Zacheriah, Jr., was received on the same day from
Somersworth [N. H.].
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Susannah Thompson, Mar. 1755
Hannah Tidey, 1757
Experience Hambleton, 1755
Ruth Lord, 1757
Amey SuUivan, 1758
Eunice Shackley, Nov. 5, 1758
Mercy Clark, Nov. 11, 1759
Sarah Perkins, Nov. 11, 1759
Tampson Tibbetts, June 21, 1761
Tampson Hodsdon, June 21, 1761
Olive Hossum, Aug. 1, 1762
Esther Heard, May 6, 1764
EUzabeth Merriam, Aug. 10, 1766
Elizabeth Hooper, Aug. 10, 1766
Phoebe Chadbourne, Jan. 30, 1768
Hannah Applebey, May 22, 1768
Allice Libbey, Apr. 10, 1769
Hannah Hanscom, Aug. 20, 1769
Johanna Andrews, July 1, 1770
Sarah Pray, Aug. 5, 1770
Hannah Gubtail, Aug. 5, 1770
Jane Brock, Nov. 4, 1770
Amey Reed, Jan. 1, 1771
Elizabeth Libbey, Nov. 24, 1771
Martha Fall, Oct. 4, 1772
Miriam Bracket, Nov. 22, 1772
Mehitable Goodwin, Apr. 6, 1773
Rachel Stackpole, Aug. 18, 1776
Sarah Tibbetts, Sept. 29, 1776
Experience Yeaton, Nov. 10, 1776
Sarah Neal, July 12, 1778
Jerusha Hanscom, Aug. 9, 1778
Mary Roberts, Nov. 22, 1778
Dorcas Hodsdon, June 6, 1779
Elizabeth Tibbetts, Nov. 28, 1779
Mercy Andrews, June 4, 1780
Johanna Chadbourne, June 25, 1780
Lydia Randall, July 16, 1780
Mary Keen, July 16, 1780
Lidia Chick, July 16, 1780
Olive Lord, July 16, 1780
Johanna Ross, July 16, 1780
EKzabeth Frost, July 16, 1780
Elizabeth Foye, July 16, 1780
Dorcas Miller, July 16, 1780
Lydia Adams, July 23, 1780
Mary Ricker, Aug. 27, 1780
EUzabeth Chadbourne, Aug. 27, 1780
Susanna Hamilton, Aug. 27, 1780
Molly Stone, Aug. 27, 1780
Mary Bracket, Oct. 15, 1780
Mehitable Bracket, Oct. 15, 1780
Elizabeth Frost, Oct. 15, 1780
Susanna Murray, Oct. 15, 1780
Johanna Randall, Oct. 15, 1780
Margaret Ricker, June 10, 1781
Anna Fogg, June 10, 1781
Jane Lord, June 10, 1781
Sarah Rowe, June 10. 1781
Elizabeth Pierce, July 15, 1781
Margaret Wooster, July 15, 1781
Margaret Randall, Aug. 26, 1781
Margaret Fernald, Dec. 2, 1781
Judith Grant, July 14, 1782
Dorcas Guptail, July 14, 1782
Sarah Guptail, Aug. 4, 1782
Mary Chick, Sept. 1, 1782
Mary Guptail, Sept. 1, 1782
Margaret Hodsdon, Jan. 19, 1783
Abigail Hanson, July 20, 1783
Dorcas Yeaton, Aug. 24, 1783
Abigail Dunnel, Nov. 23, 1783
Elizabeth Brewster, July 4, 1784
Sarah Libbey, Oct. 10, 1784
Hannah Clements, Oct. 10, 1784
Mary Pray, May 3, 1789
Eunice Goodwin, May 3, 1789
Anna Libbey, Nov. 10, 1795
Ehzabeth Shorey, Oct. 5, 1794
Sarah Hilliard, June 3, 1797
Male Children
or by those who
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brought to Baptism by their Parents, one or both of them,
had the care of their education.
Simon son of Hugh & Patience Ross.
David son of Joseph & Elizabeth Woodson.
George son of John & Abigail Scates.
Abraham son of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Daniel son of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Joseph son of James & Margery Brackett.
William son of Naphtali & Harmon.
John son of Moses & Ann Fowler.
Nathan son of John & Meriam Brackett.
Ichabod son of Benjamin & Love Lord.
Elisha son of Benjamin & Love Lord.
Moses son of William & Ruth Clark.
Eleazer son of Joseph & Mary Knock.
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Nov. 26
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Feb. 16
March 2
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March 30
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April 15
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, 1755 Isaac son of William & Love Frost.
, 1755 Samuel son of Samuel & Dorothy Pray.
, 1755 Joseph son of John & Olive Knight.
, 1755 William son of & Mary Gray.
, 1756 Samuel son of Aaron & Elizabeth Chick.
, 1756 John son of Nathaniel & Abigail Knock.
, 1756 Johnathan Dana son of Johnathan & Mercy Clark.
, 1756 Nathaniel son of Nathaniel & Susannah Downs.
, 1756 Ichabod son of Nathaniel & Susaniiah Downs.
, 1756 William son of Benjamin & Mary Hossum.
, 1756 Joshua son of Ebenezer & Allice Pierce.
, 1756 Moses son of Moses & Sarah Butler.
, 1756 Alexander son of Alexander & Margeret Jelleason.
, 1756 John son of John & Abigail Guptail.
, 1756 John son of John & Sarah Murray.
, 1756 Samuel son of John & Sarah Murray.
, 1756 Moses son of John & Meriam Brackett.
, 1756 John Rawlins son of Eliphalet & Lydia Randell.
, 1756 Jeremiah son of Eliphalet & Lydia Randell.
, 1756 Simon son of William & Sarah Goodwin.
, 1756 Nathaniel son of Samuel & Mary Gubtail.
, 1756 Joseph son of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
, 1756 Joseph son of Joseph & Elizabeth Woodsum.
, 1756 Andrew son of Jeremiah & Meriam Frost.
, 1756 James son of Jeremiah & Meriam Frost.
, 1756 James son of Benjamin & Experience Hambleton.
, 1756 Moses son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Gubtail.
, 1756 Nathaniel son of Abraham & Elizabeth Lord.
, 1756 Wentworth son of Abraham & Elizabeth Lord.
, 1756 William son of John & Elizabeth Pierce.
, 1756 Timothy Wentworth son of Abraham & Sarah Barrows.
, 1757 William son of John & Sarah Murrey.
, 1757 Nathan son of Ebenezer & Martha Lord.
, 1757 John son of John & Dorcas Walker.
, 1757 Simon Emery son of Noah & Margaret Ricker.
, 1757 Joshua son of John & Abigail Scates.
, 1757 son of James & Abigail McCaryll.
, 1757 Daniel son of John & Elizabeth Smith.
, 1757 Samuel son of Samuel & Mary Lord.
, 1757 Peter son of Landress & Amey Grant.
, 1757 Nicolas son of Joshua & Elizabeth Knock.
, 1757 Sammel son of Sammel & Mehitable Brackett.
, 1757 Joseph son of Charles & Sarah Butler.
, 1757 John son of Ebenezer & Phebe Tuttle.
, 1757 Daniel son of Joshua & Abigail Quint.
, 1757 John son of Joseph & Elizabeth Woodsum.
, 1757 Joshua son of Ebenezer & Mary Pierce.
, 1757 Peter son of John & Ruth Hardison.
, 1758 Isaac son of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
, 1758 Benjamin son of Daniel & Abigail Lebbey.
, 1758 Joshua son of Joshua & Jamson [sic] Hodsden.
, 1758 son of Thomas & Tompson.
, 1758 Joshua son of Joshua & Ann Brackett.
, 1758 John son of Jacob & Hannah Shorey.
, 1758 Thomas son of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
, 1758 Eleazer son of William & Ruth Clark.
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John son of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Richard son of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Philhp son of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Maturin son of Moses & Ricker.
Charles son of Nathaniel & Abigail Knock.
Samuel son of Daniel & Abigail Libbey.
Jonathan son of Jonathan & Mary Beene.
Moses son of Moses & Ricker.
Fosse son of Landress & Amey Grant.
WilUam son of John & Elizabeth Grindall.
Daniel son of John & Elizabeth Grindall.
Reuben son of John & Elizabeth Grindall.
Francis son of Elifalett & Grindall.
Samuel son of Joshua & Ruth Roberts.
John Gerrish son of Ebenezer & Mary Pierce.
Joseph son of Charles & Sarah Butler.
William Wentworth son of Ebenezer & Martha Lord.
Rooks son of Rooks & Marj^ Stillings.
Hanson son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Libbey.
Obadiah son of Ephraim & Mary Low.
Reuben son of John & Priscilla Jones.
Samuel son of John & Priscilla Jones.
James son of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
John son of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
son of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
John son of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
Samuel son of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
James son of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
James son of James & Elizabeth Foy.
Moses son of James & Elizabeth Foy.
Joseph son of Joseph & Mary Brock.
Clark son of Alexander & Sarah Gerrish.
John son of Alexander & Sarah Gerrish.
Paul son of Thomas & Juda Downs.
Thomas son of John & Sarah Murray.
Stephen son of Eliphalet & Lydia Randall.
John son of William & Elizabeth Hooper.
Charles Goodwin son of William & Ruth Clark.
Moses son of Benjamin & Austin (offered himself
to baptism).
Nathaniel son of Benjamin & Austin.
William son of Samuel & Mary Lord.
Ichabod son of Samuel & Worster.
Jeremiah son of Jeremiah & Miriam Frost.
Richard son of Benjamin & Experience Hambleton.
William son of Jeremiah & Lydia Goodwin.
Benjamin son of Joshua & Olive Andross.
Amos son of John & Gubtail.
Stephen son of Tristram & Martha Faul.
George son of John & Ruth Hardison.
Peter son of Moses & Sarah Butler.
John son of John & Mary Woodsum.
Stephen son of James & Margerj'- Brackett.
David son of John & Mary Woodsum.
son of John & Ollive Hossum.
Samuel son of Samuel & Hannah Hanssom.
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Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me.
217
9
, 1762
9
, 1762
9
, 1762
20
, 1762
20
, 1762
13
, 1762
20
, 1762
1
, 1762
10
, 1762
13
, 1762
23
, 1762
31
1762
11
1762
11
1762
11
1762
11
1762
11
1762
21
1762
14
1762
9
1763
20
1763
22
1763
17
1763
17
1763
17
1763
11
1763
9
1763
15
1763
30
1763
5
1763
8,
1764
12,
1764
31
1764
26
1764
26
1764
28,
1764
15
1764
22
1764
6
1764
5
, 1764
19
1764
19
1764
26
1764
25
1764
18
1764
23
1765
23
1765
30
, 1765
6
, 1765
25
, 1765
25
, 1765
31
, 1765
9
, 1766
30
, 1766
22
, 1766
29
, 1766
Robert son of Samuel & Hannah Hanssom.
John son of Samuel & Hannah Hanssom.
Isaac son of Samuel & Hannah Hanssom,
Ephraim son of Ichabod & Tampson Tibbetts.
Noah son of Noah & Margaret Ricker.
Faul son of Joseph & Mary Knock.
Thomas Cosse son of Jacob & Hannah Shorey.
Stephen son of John & Priscilla Jones.
James son of Abraham & Elizabeth Lord.
son of & Neal.
son of James & Abigail Clark.
John son of Joshua & Abigail Quint.
Joseph son of & Frances Stevens.
Benjamin son of & Frances Stevens.
Paul son of Nathaniel & Susanna Downs.
Ebenezer son of Thomas & Juda Downs.
Ebenezer son of Benjamin & Mary Hossum.
Benjamin son of Joshua & Ann Brackett.
Solomon son of Solomon & Hambleton.
John Coss son of Charles & Sarah Butler.
John son of John & Sarah Morse.
Timothy son of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Reuben son of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Simeon son of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Jeremiah son of Jeremiah & L3^dia Goodwin.
Joshua son of Tristram & Martha Fall.
son of Benjamin & Martha Ash.
Jacob son of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
James son of James & Fogg. •
Elisha son of Samuel & Mary Lord.
Amos son of Thomas & Jane Pike.
John son of James & Elizabeth Foy.
Charles Goodwin son of William & Ruth Clark.
Simon son of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Joseph son of Joshua*& Bettey Ricker.
Ebenezer son of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
Reuben son of Samuel & Mehitable Brackett.
Isaac son of Joal & Mary Brackett.
James son of James & Margery Bracket.
Stace Darling son of Daniel & Sarah Knock.
Thomas son of Hawley & Hannah Appleby.
Simeon son of Hawley & Hannah Appleby.
Timothy son of Benjamin & Mary Hossum.
Daniel son of Daniel & Kezia Ford.
Nathan son of John & Sarah Murray
Simeon son of Joshua & Ann Brackett.
Elisha son of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Simeon son of Joshua & Olive Andrews.
John son of Jeremiah & Lydia Goodwin.
John son of Ebenezer & Martha Lord.
Ichabod son of John & Sarah Wooster.
Samuel son of John & Mary Woodsum.
Ebenezer son of Moses & Dorcas Ricker.
Benjamin Evan son of Joshua & Tampson Hodsdon.
John son of Miles & Elizabeth Shorey.
Samuel son of Isaac & Mary Brackett.
218 Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me. [July
Joshua son of John & Ollive Hossum.
Samuel son of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
Moses son of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
William son of Daniel & Kezia Ford.
Samuel son of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Benjamin son of Joshua & Bettey Ricker.
James son of John & Sarah Murray.
Thomas son of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Moses son of Charles & Sarah Butler.
John son of Benjamin & Experience Hambleton.
Nathaniel son of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
John son of John & Abigail Stone.
Joseph son of James & Anna Fogg.
Obadiah son of Jeremy & Dorothy Eastman.
Joshua Roberts, an adult, bpt. after owning the Covenant.
Nathaniel son of Matthew & Elizabeth Merriam.
Richard son of Eliphalet & Lydia Randall.
Ithiel son of John & Albert [sic] Scates.
John son of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.
James son of Samuel & Hannah Hanscom.
Samuel son of John & Abbott.
John son of John & Elizabeth Pierce.
Levi son of Hawley & Hannah Applebey.
Daniel son of Elijah & Sarah Lord.
Stephen son of Jonathan & Mercy Clark.
Isaac son of Alexander & Sarah Gerrish.
Isaac son of Rook & Mary Stillings.
John son of Thomas & Mary Heard.
Samuel son of Thomas & Mar}^ Heard.
Levi son of Joshua & Anna Brackett.
Benjamin son of Shippuah & Lydia Goodwin.
Joshua son of Joshua & Betty Ricker.
Thomas son of Moses & Dorcas Ricker.
James son of John & Olive Horsum.
William son of Daniel & Kezia Ford.
Daniel son of John & Mary Woodsum.
Benjamin son of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Samuel son of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.
Joseph son of John & Elizabeth Pierce.
Joseph son of Samuel & Mehitable Brackett.
John son of James & Anna Fogg.
Doddifer son of John & Abigail Scates.
Stephen son of Stephen & Allice Libbey.
Samuel son of Stephen & Allice Libbey.
John son of Sarah Neal, wife of Johnson Neal.
Reuben son of John & Sarah Murray.
Joshua son of Joshua & Ruth Roberts.
John son of Jonathan & Mercy Clark.
Amos son of Moses & Dorcas Ricker.
John son of James & Margery Brackett.
Joshua son of Joshua & Betty Ricker.
James son of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.
Israel son of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
John son of Joshua & Sarah Pray.
Samuel son of Joshua & Sarah Pray.
Abraham son of James & McCarril.
July
1,
1766
July
1,
1766
July
1,
1766
■^ Aug.
23,
1766
" Sept.
21,
1766
Oct.
5,
1766
Dec.
7,
1766
Jan.
11,
1767
•^ Jan.
25,
1767
Feb.
23,
1767
Apr.
12,
1767
Apr.
19,
1767
May
3,
1767
May
10,
1767
May
14,
1767
May
24,
1767
June
7,
1767
June
14,
1767
June
14,
1767
June
16,
1767
June
22,
1767
July
25,
1767
Aug.
16,
1767
Aug.
23,
1767
Dec.
17,
1767
Dec.
17,
1767
Mar.
30,
1768
Mar.
30,
1768
Mar.
30,
1768
Mar.
30,
1768
May
15,
1768
May
29,
1768
June
12,
1768
June
26,
1768
'^ July
3,
1768
July
10,
1768
Aug.
7,
1768
Aug.
14,
1768
Apr.
7,
1769
Apr.
23,
1769
Apr.
29,
1769
June
13,
1769
July
6,
1769
July
6,
1769
Aug.
13,
1769
Oct.
12,
1769
Oct.
25,
1769
Oct.
25,
1769
Mar.
4,
1770
May
13,
1770
May
20,
1770
July
1,
1770
July
6,
1770
Sept.
9,
1770
Sept.
9,
1770
Sept.
10,
1770
1920]
Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me.
219
23
, 1770
9
, 1770
25
, 1770
25
, 1770
25
, 1770
16
, 1770
21
, 1771
19
, 1771
30
, 1771
22
, 1771
27
, 1771
1
, 1771
12
, 1771
12
1771
12
1771
29
, 1771
■5,
1772
15
1772
19
1772
19
1772
19
1772
17
1772
12,
1772
2,
1772
2
1772
11.
1772
9
1772
27,
1772
8
1772
22
1772
9,
1773
22
1773
22,
1773
22,
1773
6,
1773
6,
1773
25,
1773
11,
1773
2,
1773
10,
1773
24,
1773
24,
1773
6,
1773
10,
1773
10,
1773
6,
1774
20,
1774
27,
1774
26,
1774
26,
1774
29,
1774
5,
1774
5,
1774
17,
1774
4,
1774
Phineas son of Philip & Dorcas Yeaton.
John son of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
John son of John & Jane Brock.
Joshua son of John & Jane Brock.
Simeon son of John & Jane Brock.
John son of John & Mary Woodsum.
Daniel son of John & Abigail Stone.
Ichabod son of Benjamin & Betty Libbey.
Abraham son of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Israel son of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Joseph son of Noah & Margarett Picker.
Ebenezer son of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
William son of William & Sarah Goodwin. <
John son of John & Elizabeth Butler.
Lemmey son of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
William son of John & Jane Brock.
James son of William & Elizabeth Hooper.
Daniel son of Elisha & Joanna Andrews.
Nathaniel son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
James son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
Mark son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
Joshua son of Joshua & Sarah Pray.
Miles son of Miles & Elizabeth Shorey.
William son of Hawley & Hannah Applebey.
Joseph Mardon son of Tristram & Martha Fall.
Joseph son of John & Elizabeth Pierce.
Benjamin son of John & Olive Horsum.
Nathaniel son of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
James son of John & Mary Woodsum.
Nathaniel son of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.
Jacob son of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Jonathan son of Daniel & Lydia Nock.
Joshua son of Daniel & Lydia Nock.
Richard son of Daniel & Lydia Nock.
Moses son of Thomas & Mehitable Goodwin.
Thomas son of Thomas & Mehitable Goodwin.
Abraham son of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Moses Remmick son of John & Sarah Wooster of Lebanon.
Ichabod son of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Gideon son of Noah & Margaret Ricker.
Wentworth son of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Joseph son of Jabez and Mary Ricker.
Thomas Downs, Jr., adult, after making profession of his
faith.
Joseph son of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Jedediah son of Jedediah & Mary Guttridge, offered by her.
Abraham son of Elisha & Joanna Andrews.
James son of Daniel & Lois Libbey.
Edmund son of Joshua & Sarah Pray.
Levi son of John & Abigail Stone.
Josiah son of Josiah & Eunice Staple.
Stephen son of Stephen and Sarah Perkins of Massabesick.
John son of Samuel & Hannah Hanscom.
Jotham son of Joshua & Anna Bracket.
Samuel son of Hawley & Hannah Applebey.
Ichabod son of Moses & Kezia Butler.
220 Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me. [July
David son of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Benjamin son of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Ebenezer son of Tristram & Martha Fall.
Jotham son of Eliphalet & Lydia Randall.
Jeremiah son of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Daniel son of Joseph & Sarah Fogg.
James son of Jonathan & Mercy Clark.
John son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
Tappin son of Thomas & Mary Heard.
Jacob son of Philip & Dorcas Yeaton.
John son of Josiah & Eunice Staple.
John son of Matthew & Elizabeth Merriam.
Phineas son of John & Abigail Stone.
Reuben son of Thomas Goodwin, offered by Benj. Lord
and his wife.
Ebenezer son of Ebenezer & Sarah Tebbetts.
Nathaniel son of John & Jane Brock.
Simon son of James & Anna Fogg.
Joseph son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
Andrew son of Richard & Experience Yeaton, offered by
her.
Philip son of Richard & Experience Yeaton.
Charles son of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Elijah son of Elijah & Joanna Andrew.
Levi son of Miles & Elizabeth Shorey.
Benjamin son of Benjamin & Bettey Libbey.
Samuel son of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
James son of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Benjamin son of Moses & Kezia Butler.
Nathan son of Moses & Kezia Butler. ^-
Wentworth son of John & Jane Brock.
John son of Johnson & Sarah Neal, offered by her.
Jacob son of Samuel & Peggy Hooper.
Ephraim son of Thomas & Mehitable Good^win.
Aaron son of Aaron & Mary Roberts.
Moses son of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Ebenezer son of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
James son of Shippey & Lydia Goodwin.
Ichabod son of Shippey & Lydia Goodwin.
Nathaniel son of Joshua & Sarah Pray.
Thomas son of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
James son of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
James son of Josiah & Eunice Staple.
Elisha son of Pearl & Lydia Brown.
George son of Hawley & Hannah Applebee.
Thomas son of John & Anna Chase.
Joseph Chick, adult, bpt. after professing his faith.
Benjamin son of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
Jonathan son of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
Aaron son of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
Ephraim son of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
Joseph son of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
John son of Benjamin & Lydia Adams.
Humphrej^ son of Humphrey & Oli^e Lord.
Obadiah son of Moses & Elizabeth Tebbetts, offered by
her.
Dec.
4,
1774
Dec.
27,
1774
Apr.
3,
1775
Sept.
11,
1775
Oct.
29,
1775
Nov.
5,
1775
Feb.
13,
1776
Mch.
11,
1776
Apr.
23,
1776
June
23,
1776
June
23,
1776
Aug.
4,
1776
Sept.
22,
1776
Oct.
1,
1776
Nov.
6,
1776
Nov.
10,
1776
Apr.
6,
1777
Apr.
9,
1777
Aug.
13,
1777
Aug.
13,
1777
Aug.
24,
1777
Aug.
31,
1777
Nov.
7,
1777
Oct.
21,
1778
Jan.
17,
1779
May
1,
1779
June
2,
1779
June
2,
1779
June
6,
1779
July
6,
1779
July
6,
1779
July
6,
1779
Aug.
15,
1779
Sept.
16,
1779
Sept.
16,
1779
Sept.
28,
1779
Sept.
28,
1779
Nov.
7,
1779
Dec.
25,
1779
Dec.
28,
1779
Feb.
20,
1780
Apr.
12,
1780
June
6,
1780
July
12,
1780
July
16,
1780
Sept.
6,
1780
Sept.
6,
1780
Sept.
6,
1780
Sept.
6,
1780
Sept.
6,
1780
Oct.
10,
1780
Nov.
8,
1780
Jan.
19,
1781
1920]
Records of the Second Church, of Berwick, Me.
221
Jan.
19
1781
Jan.
19
1781
Mar.
20
1781
Mar.
21
1781
Apr.
17
1781
Apr.
17
1781
Apr.
17
1781
May
10
1781
May
10
1781
May
22
1781
May
22
1781
June
1
1781
June
1
1781
June
1
1781
July
18
1781
July
22
1781
July
29
1781
Sept.
12
1781
Sept.
23
1781
Sept.
23
1781
June
25
1782
June
26
1782
June
26
1782
June
26
1782
July
2,
1782
July
2
1782
July
2,
1782
July
2
.1782
July
2
1782
July
2
1782
July
2
1782
Aug.
22
1782
Aug.
22
1782
Aug.
22
1782
Sept.
3
1782
Sept.
20
1782
Sept.
20
1782
Sept.
20
1782
Oct.
23
1782
Oct.
23
1782
Oct.
23
1782
Oct.
23
1782
Oct.
23
1782
Oct.
23
1782
March 11
1783
Sept.
16
1783
Mch.
28
1784
Apr.
30
1784
Apr.
30
, 1784
May
9
1784
May
16
1784
May
18,
1784
Moses son of Moses and Elizabeth Tebbetts, offered by
her.
Jonathan son of Moses & Elizabeth Tebbetts, offered by
her.
Eliphalet son of John & Joanna Randall.
William son of Aaron & Mary Roberts.
Daniel son of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Humphrey son of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Reuben son of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Edmund son of Charles & Rachel Stacpole, offered b}^ her.
William son of Charles & Rachel Stacpole, offered by her.
Nathan son of Joseph & Lydia Chick.
James son of Joseph & Lydia Chick.
Simon son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Noah son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Hugh son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Joshua son of Charles & Rachel Stacpole, offered by her.
Matthew Thacher son of Matthew & Elizabeth Merriam.
Thomas son of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Gideon son of Thomas & Mehitable Goodwin.
William son of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
James son of Joseph & Sarah Fogg.
Humphrey son of Paul & Joanna Chadbourne, offered by
Elder Humphrey Chadbourne, he having the care of his
education.
Mark son of Nathaniel & Mary Fernald.
Elijah son of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Jonathan son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Ezekiel son of George & Margaret Worster.
Mark son of George & Margaret Worster.
Thomas son of George & Margaret Worster.
Lemuel son of George & Margaret Worster.
Alexander son of George & Margaret Worster.
Joshua son of George & Margaret Worster.
Josiah son of Paul & Lydia Brown.
Benjamin son of Daniel & Mary Bracket.
Thomas Goodwin son of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
Thomas son of Thomas & Mary Heard.
Richard son of Richard & Staple.
Aaron son of Aaron & Mary Chick.
William son of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Moses son of Aaron & Mary Chick.
John son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Joshua son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Jonathan son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Peter, son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
David son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
William son of William & Dorcas Gubtail.
Levi son of James & Anna Fogg.
Joseph son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
John son of Daniel & Elizabeth Emery.
Isaac son of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Nathan son of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Abraham son of John & Jane Brock.
Isaac son of Joseph & Sarah Fogg.
James son of William & Dorcas Gubtail.
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[July
May
18,
1784
June
3,
1784
June
3,
1784
June
15,
1784
Oct.
7,
1784
Apr.
20,
1785
Apr.
20,
1785
June
5,
1785
July
14,
1785
July
14,
1785
July
14,
1785
July
14,
1785
July
14,
1785
July
20,
1785
Oct.
13,
1785
Oct.
13,
1785
Dec.
12,
1785
Mar.
15,
1786
July
5
1786
July
5,
1786
Aug.
30,
1786
Sept.
15,
1786
Sept.
15,
1786
Sept.
15
1786
Sept.
18,
1786
Sept.
18,
1786
Oct.
26
1786
May
26
1787
Sept.
13
1787
Sept.
13,
1787
Sept.
13
1787
Nov.
25,
1787
Dec.
21,
1787
July
20
1788
Aug.
30
1789
Sept.
10,
1789
June
24
1790
July
23
1790
July
23
1790
July
23,
1790
July
23
1790
July
23
1790
July
23
1790
July
23
1790
July
23
1790
July
23
1790
July
24
, 1790
July
24
1790
July
24
, 1790
Aug.
2
, 1790
Sept.
3
, 1790
June
9
, 1791
June
14
, 1791
June
14
, 1791
Sept.
9
, 1791
William son of Moses & Sarah Gubtail.
David son of Richard & Hannah Whidden.
John son of Richard & Hannah Whidden.
John son of Josiah & Eunice Staple.
James son of Ebenezer & Sarah Tebbetts.
John son of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Simon son of John & Elizabeth Frost.
Joseph son of Hawley & Hannah Applebey.
Charles son of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Benjamin son of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail, offered by her.
Moses, son of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
Peter son of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
Jeremiah son of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
Thomas son of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Isaac son of William & Elizabeth Frost.
Jacob son of William & Elizabeth Frost.
Charles son of Charles & Sarah Libbey, offered by her.
Benjamin son of William & Dorcas Gubtail.
George son of George & Margaret Wooster.
John son of George & Margaret Wooster.
Taylor Goodwin son of John & Molly Abbott.
John son of Charles & Sarah Libbey.
Jeremiah son of Charles & Sarah Libbey.
Joshua son of Charles & Sarah Libbey.
Joseph son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
John son of Moses & Sarah Gubtail.
William son of John & Mary Witherill.
Simon son of Elijah & Eunice Goodwin.
John son of John & Hannah Chase.
Josiah son of John & Hannah Chase.
Simon son of John & Hannah Chase.
Nathaniel son of Elisha & Joanna Andrews.
Elias son of Elias & Wood, offered by Daniel &
Mary Wood, grandparents, taking him as their own.
Peter son of Josiah & Eunice Staple.
James son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Jacob son of Humphrey & Olive Lord.
Usher son of William & Parsons of Sanford.
Elijah son of Paul & Joanna Chadbourne.
James son of Paul & Joanna Chadbourne.
EHsha son of Simeon & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Simeon son of Simeon & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Larkin son of Jeremiah & Lucy Roberts.
Nathaniel son of Jeremiah & Lucy Roberts.
Reuben son of Reuben & Hannah Downs.
Jacob son of Reuben & Llannah Downs.
Ebenezer son of Reuben & Hannah Dowtis.
John son of Thomas & Sarah Williams.
Thomas son of Thomas & Sarah Williams.
Moses son of Thomas & Sarah Williams.
David son of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
Mark son of John & Hannah Chase, offered by her.
Israel son of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Elijah son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Humphrey son of Joshua & Judith Grant.
James son of Paul & Lydia Brown.
Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me.
223
9
12
12
26
7
7
7
21
26
26
27
7
7
7
7
19
20
30
26
26
14
14
14
14
26
5
17
17
20
20
1791
1791
1791
1791
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1792
1794
1795
1795
1796
1796
1796
1796
1798
1806
1809
1809
1810
1810
20,
1810
20,
1810
20,
1810
18,
1815
18,
1815
18,
1815
18,
1815
12,
1818
12,
1818
12,
1818
12,
1818
17,
1818
1,
1818
8,
1818
1,
1822
3,
1755
4,
1755
Charles son of Paul & Lydia Brown.
Samuel son of Joseph & Remick of Shapleigh.
James son of Joseph & Remick of Shapleigh.
Hiram son of Joseph & Mary Pray, offered by her.
Simeon son of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Levi son of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
John son of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Jeremiah son of Benjamin & Mary Guptell.
Johnson son of Nathaniel & EUeanor Libbey.
Nathaniel son of Nathaniel & Elleanor Libbey.
Joseph son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Brown.
Samuel son of Richard & Staple.
Eliakim son of Richard & Staple.
Peter son of Richard & Staple.
Abraham son of John & Hannah Chase, offered by her.
Stephen son of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Christopher son of William & Sarah Staple, offered by her.
Nathan son of Paul & Joanna Chadbourne of Cox-hall.
Thomas son of John & Mary Witherill.
James son of John & Mary Witherill.
Gideon son of Gideon & Susanna Staple.
William son of Gideon & Susanna Staple.
George son of Gideon & Susanna Staple.
Daniel son of Gideon & Susanna Staple.
Timothy son of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard, offered by them.
Samuel Langton son of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard, offered
by them.
Ebenezer Armstrong son of Ebenezer & Betsey Tebbetts,
offered by grandmother Tebbetts.
Calvin son of Ebenezer & Betsey Tebbetts, offered by
them.
Charles Tyler son of Joseph & Katherine Savage, offered
by her.
William Henry son of Joseph & Katherine Savage, offered
by her.
Joseph son of Joseph & Katherine Savage, offered by her.
Samuel son of Joseph & Katherine Savage, offered by her.
Philip son of Joseph & Katherine Savage, offered by her.
Ichabod son of Samuel & Ann Goodwin.
Joseph Gerrish son of Samuel & Ann Goodwin.
Samuel son of Samuel & Ann Goodwin.
Daniel son of Samuel & Ann Goodwin.
James son of Isaac & Llannah Merrow, offered by parents.
Charles son of Isaac & Hannah Merrow, offered by parents.
James son of Mark & Olive Libbey.
Nathaniel son of Mark & Olive Libbey.
William infant son of Joseph & Phoebe Fogg, offered by
parents.
James son of James & Joanna Woodsum, offered by
parents.
Micajah Currier, offered by his mother, Deborah Burleigh.
James Frost, offered by his mother, Betsey Frost.
Females.
Jice dau. of Eleazer & Rachel Clark.
Abigail dau. of Benjamin & Experience Hambleton.
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22
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June
29
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14
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14
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9
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26
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30
1755
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30
1755
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24
1756
Jan.
24
1756
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2
1756
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2
1756
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30
1756
Apr.
15
1756
Apr.
15
1756
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15
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15
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16
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1756
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4
1756
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25
1756
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19
1756
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1756
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.31
1756
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7
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, 1757
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1757
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6,
1757
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25,
1757
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.16,
1757
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16,
1787
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7,
1757
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14,
1757
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26,
1757
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26
1757
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29
1757
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15
1758
Feb.
26
1758
Feb.
26
1758
Abigail dau. of John & Mary Woodsum.
Mary dau. of Samuel & L3^dia Cane.
Mercy dau. of Jonathan & Sarah Jonson.
Abigail dau. of John & Abigail Low.
Dorcas dau. of Ephriara & Mary Low.
Dorcas dau. of Paul & Sarah Stone.
Meribah dau. of Landress & Amey Grant.
Sarah dau. of Samuel & Mehitable Brackett.
Mercy dau. of Ezekiel & Martha Wentworth.
Suse dau. of Thomas & Jane Pike.
Ann dau. of John & Ehzabeth Smith.
Sarah dau. of Joshua & Sarah Nason.
Tamson dau. of Ichabod & Tamson Tibbetts.
Mary dau. of Gabriel & Katherine Hambleton.
Amey dau. of Isaac & Mary Brackett.
Patience dau. of Gabriel & Sarah Hambleton.
Mary dau. of Daniel & Abigail Lebbey.
Sarah dau. of Daniel & Abigail Lebbey.
Sarah dau. of Joshua & Tamson Hodsdon.
Jinny dau. of James & Sarah Frost.
Eunice dau. of Jonathan & Mary Clark.
Mary dau. of Benjamin & Love Lord.
Mary dau. of John & Sarah Murrey.
Lydia dau. of Eliphalet Randall & Lydia.
Sarah dau. of Eliphalet Randall & Lydia.
Elizabeth dau. of Eliphalet Randall & Ly^dia.
Joanna dau. of Thomas & Mary Gubtail.
Eunice dau. of Rook & Mary Stelling.
Sarah dau. of Patrick & Meriam Gowen.
Sarah dau. of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Ollive dau. of Joshua & Ollive Andross.
Betty dau. of Trustham & Esther Heard.
Abigail dau. of Skinner & Juda Stone.
Sarah dau. of Henry & Hobbs.
Elizabeth dau. of Joshua & Ruth Roberts.
Mary dau. of Joshua & Annah Brackett.
Abigail dau. of Joseph & Esther Stone.
Ollive dau. of Benjamin & Elizabeth Gubtail.
Hannah dau. of Thomas & Mary Shorey.
Sarah dau. of Jonathan & Mary Been.
Martha dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Lucy dau. of Moses & Rickard.
Lydia dau. of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Lois dau. of John & Eunice Shackley.
Sarah dau. of John & Mary, Woodsum.
Lydia dau. of Alexander & Margarett Grant.
Elizabeth dau. of Samuel & Mary Lord.
Sarah dau. of Samuel & Mary Lord
Patience dau. of James & Margery Brackett.
Sarah dau. of John & Sarah Morse.
Phebe dau. of Ebenezer & Phebe Tuttle.
Abigail dau. of Thomas & Abigail Jelliason.
Abigail dau. of JNicolas & T'uth Lord.
Martha dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Abigail dau. of Charels c^ Ke-ia Grant.
Mary dau. of Isaac & Mary Brackett.
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11,
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18,
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18,
1758
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5,
1758
18,
1759
18,
1759
4,
1759
6,
1759
11,
1759
25,
1759
13,
1759
23,
1759
8,
1759
2,
1759
6,
1760
20,
1760
28,
1760
28,
1760
28,
>760
14,
1760
16,
1760
20,
1760
4,
1760
17,
1760
25,
1760
4,
1760
13,
1760
13,
1760
13,
1760
14,
1760
1,
1761
11,
1761
8,
1761
8,
1761
24,
1761
17,
1761
30,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1,
1761
1
1761
26
1761
9
1761
5
1761
31
, 1761
13
, 1761
24
, 1761
Sarah dau. of Moses & Sarah Butler.
Meriam dau. of John & Meriam Brackett.
Mercy dau. of Jonathan & Mercey Clark.
Ruth, dau. of Rook & Mary Stillings.
Joanna dau. of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Joanna dau. of John & Elizabeth Butler.
Ruth dau. of Joshua & Ruth Roberts.
Molley dau. of John & Hossum.
Sarah dau. of John & Sarah Murrey.
Amey dau. of Landress & Amey Grant.
Sarah dau. of Daniel & Amey Sullivan.
Annah dau. of Samuel & Mary Gubtail.
Elizabeth dau. of William & Elizabeth Hooper.
Joanna dau. of Samuel & Wentworth.
Sarah dau. of William & Holmes.
Elizabeth dau. of Samuel & Mehitable Brackett.
Nancey dau. of Jacob & Hannar Shorey.
Hannah dau. of Joshua & Abigail Quint.
Mary Childs, offered by Mary Penny, grandmother of the
child.
Allice dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Patience dau. of Skinner & Juda Stone.
Hepzibath dau. of Alexander & Grant.
Lydia dau. of James & Margery Brackett.
Mary dau. of John & Ruth Hardison.
Sarah dau. of Shipway & Lydia Goodwin.
Allice dau. of Nathaniel & Charity Hardison.
Sarah dau. of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Sarah dau. of Joseph & Knock.
Shuah dau. of Joshua & Tamson Hodsdon.
Martha dau. of Noah & Margarett Ricker.
Elizabeth dau. of Joshua & Betty Ricker.
Molley dau. of Stephen & Sarah Perkins.
Dorcas dau. of John & Worster.
Mary dau. of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
Susanna dau. of John & Sarah Morse.
Elizabeth dau. of John k Abigail Scates.
Hannah dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Martha dau. of Rooks & Mary Stillings.
Tabitha dau. of & Bennet.
Lydia dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Salle dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Molley dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Amey dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Katey dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Nabbey dau. of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
Elizabeth dau. of James & Elizabeth Foy.
Naomi dau. of James & Elizabeth Foy.
Mary dau. of Joseph & Mary Knock.
Dorcas dau. of Tristrum & Abigail Falle.
Anna dau. of James & Fogg.
Mary dau. of John & OUive Knight.
Charity dau. of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Mary dau. of William & Holmes.
Debbey dau. of Eliphalet & Lydia Randall.
Patience dau. of Benjamin & Austin.
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1761
Sept.
24,
1761
Oct.
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1761
Oct.
24,
1761
Nov.
15,
1761
Jan.
17,
1762
Feb.
14,
1762
Mar.
14,
1762
Mar.
14,
1762
Mar.
14,
1762
Mar.
28,
1762
May
19,
1762
May
13,
1762
May
23,
1762
May
30,
1762
June
5,
1762
June
9,
1762
June
9,
1762
June
9,
1762
July
11,
1762
Sept.
23,
1762
Nov.
11,
1762
Nov.
11,
1762
Nov.
11,
1762
Nov.
11,
1762
Nov.
11,
1762
Feb.
20,
1763
Mar.
19,
1763
Mar.
20,
1763
Apr.
10,
1763
Apr.
24,
1763
May
8,
1763
May
12,
1763
July
17,
1763
July
17,
1763
Aug.
19,
1763
Aug.
28,
1763
Oct.
9,
1763
Oct.
15,
1763
Jan.
12,
1764
Jan.
22,
1764
Mar.
3,
1764
Mar.
14,
1764
Mar.
18,
1764
Mar.
29,
1764
Mar.
29,
1764
Mar.
31,
1764
Mar.
31,
1764
Apr.
15,
1764
May
6,
1764
July
18,
1764
July
18,
1764
July
18,
1764
Abigail dau. of Nathaniel & Abigail Knock.
Anna dau. of Samuel & Mary Lord, offered by Wm & Eliza-
beth Hooper.
Lydia dau. of Shipway & Lydia Goodwin.
Hannah dau. of Tristrum & Esther Heard.
Elizabeth dau. of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.
Phanne dau. of John & Abigail Gubtail.
Elizabeth dau. of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Lydia dau. of Landress & Amey Grant.
Nabbey dau. of Joshua & Bettey Ricker.
Sarah dau. of Nathaniel & Charity Hardison.
Molley dau. of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Sarah dau. of Aaron & Elizabeth Chick.
Jane dau. of James Key, offered by grandparents, John &
Charity Keay.
dau. of Joshua & Elizabeth Knock.
Sarah dau. of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
Sarah dau. of Isaac & Mary Brackett.
Abigail dau. of John & Miriam Brackett.
Hannah dau. of Samuel & Hannah Hanscom.
Katharine dau. of Samuel & Hannah Hanscom.
Mary dau. of Samuel & Mehitable Brackett. ♦
dau. of James & Abigail Clark.
Love dau. of Benjamin & Love Lord.
Briggett dau. of Benjamin & Love Lord.
Hannah dau. of Benjamin & Love Lord.
Martha dau. of & Frances Stevens.
Patience dau. of & Downs, offered by grand-
mother, Susanna Downs.
Lydia dau. of John & Abigail Scates.
Thankfull dau. of Benjamin & Elizabeth Libbey.
Patience dau. of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
Sarah dau. of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Elizabeth dau. of William & Gerrish.
Mary dau. of Ebenezer & Martha Lord.
Rachel dau. of Alexander & Sarah Clark.
Huldah dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Lydia dau. of Jeremiah & Lydia Goodwin.
Mary dau. of Jacob & Hannah Shorey.
Anna dau. of Daniel & Abigail Libbey.
dau. of Benjamin & Martha Ashe.
Margery dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Jemima dau. of Joshua & Ruth Roberts.
Kezia dau. of Shipw^ay & Lydia Goodwin.
dau. of John & Mary Woodsum.
Anna dau. of John & Sarah Worster.
Mary dau. of John & Meriam Brackett.
Charity dau. of William & Elizabeth Hooper.
Joanna dau. of Jabez and Mary Ricker.
Mary dau. of Eliphalet & Lydia Randall.
Martha dau. of Eliphalet & Lj^dia Randall.
Ollive dau. of John & Ollive Hossum.
Martha dau. of Landress & Amey Grant.
Elizabeth dau. of Hawley & Applebey.
Hannah dau. of Hawley & Applebey.
Joanna dau. of Hawley & Applebey.
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16
23
23
9
16
28
28
28
28
28
28
12
30
30
29
3
6
6
24
1
11
11
11
25
29
9
20
22
1
20
27
17
21
12
12
26
16
8
9
9
9
23
15
14
14
14
14
22
19
19
17
12
30
15
3
Sarah dau. of
& Frances Stevens.
1764
1764 Experience dau. of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
1764 Molley dau. of John & Abigail Stone.
1764 Sarah dau. of John & Abigail Stone.
1764 Dorcas dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
1764 Love dau. of Charles & Sarah Butler.
1765 Mehitable dau. of John (deceased) & Sarah Morse.
1765 Rachel dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
1765 Molley dau. of John & Abigail Scates.
1765 Hannah dau. of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.-
1765 Anna dau. of Benjamin & Elizabeth Libbey, Jr.
1765 Mary dau. of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
1765 Molley dau. of Ichabod & Tamson Tebbetts.
1765 Sarah dau. of Joshua & Olive Andrews.
1765 Elizabeth dau. of James & Anna Fogg.
1765 Lydia dau. of Daniel & Abigail Libbey.
1765 Hannah dau. of 'Jacob & Hannah Shorey.
1765 Allice dau. of John & Ruth Hardison.
1765 Eunice dau. of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
1765 Meribah dau. of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
1765 Mary dau. of Hawley & Hannah Appleby.
1765 Juda dau. of John & Olive Knight.
1765 Hepzibah dau. of & Grant.
1765 Msiry dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
1765 Molly dau. of Joshua & Ruth Roberts.
1765 Margaret dau. of Noah & Margaret Ricker.
1766 Molly dau. of Shippyah & Lydia Goodwin.
1766 Elizabeth dau. of John & Elizabeth Pierce.
1766 Mary dau. of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
1766 Lydia dau. of Alexander & Sarah Gerrish.
1766 Ollive dau. of Thomas & Jane Pike.
1766 Esther dau. of Tristrum & Esther Heard.
1766 Dorcas dau. of William & Sarah Goodwin.
1766 Mehitable dau. of Samuel & Mehitable Brackett.
1766 Sarah dau. of & Sarah Neal.
1766 Elizabeth dau. of Miles & Elizabeth Shorey.
1766 Amey dau. of Landress & Amej^ Grant.
1766 Elizabeth dau. of John & Mary Woodsum.
1766 Mary dau. of Tristrum & Martha Fall.
1767 Betty dau. of Thomas & Judith Downs.
1767 Lydia dau. of Benjamin & Mary Horsum.
1767 EHzabeth dau. of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
1767 Bettey dau. of Benjamin & Elizabeth Libbey.
1767 Lydia dau. of James & Margery Brackett.
1767 Sarah dau. of WilHam & Elizabeth Hooper.
1767 Martha dau. of William & Ehzabeth Hooper.
1767 Lydia dau. of Samuel (deceased) & Lois Wentworth.
1767 Lydia dau. of John & Sarah Wooster.
1767 Martha dau. of John & Abbott.
1767 Mary, dau. of Thomas & Bridggett Butler.
1767 Bridgett dau. of Thomas & Bridggett Butler.
1767 Esther dau. of Stephen & Sarah Perkins.
1768 Kezia dau. of Daniel & Abigail Libbey.
1768 Sarah dau. of Rook & Mary Stillings.
1768 Susanna dau. of John & Meriam Brackett.
1768 Allice dau. of John & Abigail Stone.
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Dorcas dau. of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Mary dau. of Noah & Margarett Ricker.
Martha dau. of Elijah & Abigail Goodwin.
Margery dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Sarah dau. of Israel & Mary Hodsdon.
Abigail dau. of Charles & Sarah Butler.
Sarah dau. of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Nabby dau of John & Abigail Scates.
Mary, dau. of Josiah & Eunice Staples.
Martha dau. of Hawley & Hannah Appleby.
Meriam dau. of Stephen & Alice Libbey.
Lydia dau. of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
Priscilla dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Anna dau. of John & Priscilla Jones.
Hannah dau. of Sarah Neal (wife of Johnson Neal).
Sarah, dau. of Landress & Amey Grant.
Ehzabeth dau. of John & Molly Abbott.
Mary dau. of Ebenezer & Martha Lord.
Tirzah dau. of Ebenezer & Martha Lord.
Betty dau. of Stephen & Sarah Perkins.
Elizabeth dau. of Matthew & Elizabeth Merriam.
Experience dau. of Benjamin & Elizabeth Libbey.
Elizabeth dau. of Rook & Mary Stillings.
Phebe, dau. of Thomas & Heard.
Martha dau. of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Sarah dau. of Miles & Elizabeth Shorey.
Hannah dau. of Joshua & Anna Bracket.
Experience dau. of Elisha & Joanna Andrews.
Mary dau. of Elisha & Joanna Andrews.
Mary dau. of Stephen & Allice Libbey.
Allice dau. of Stephen & Allice Libbey.
Lydia dau. of John & Ollive Horsum.
Meribah dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Abigail dau. of James & McCarril.
Mary dau. of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
Molly dau. of John & Jane Brock.
Amey Reed, adult, baptized after profession of faith.
Molly dau. of James & Dorcas Frost, offered by Ichabod &
Tamson Tebbetts, who took the child as their own.
Abigail dau. of Josiah & Eunice Staples.
Susanna dau. of James & Anna Fogg.
Allice dau of John & Sarah Murray.
Eunice dau. of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Sarah dau. of John & Elizabeth Butler.
Dorcas dau. of Hawley & Hannah Appleby.
Mary dau. of Samuel & Hannah Hanscom.
Elizabeth dau. of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
Molly dau. of Jonathan & Mercy Clark.
Hannah dau. of Humphrey & Spencer.
Eunice, dau. of Josiah & Eunice Staples.
Molly dau. of John & Molly Abbott.
Dorcas dau. of John & Mary Woodsum.
Abigail dau. of John & Abigail Stone.
Nabby dau. of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
Sarah dau. of Matthew & Elizabeth Merriam.
Sarah dau. of Samuel & Judith Wooster.
July
10,
1768
July
13,
1768
July
24,
1768
Aug.
6,
1768
Aug.
6,
1768
Apr.
9,
1769
May
7,
1769
June
18,
1769
June
25,
1769
July
2,
1769
July
6,
1769
July
9,
1769
July
16,
1769
July
16,
1769
Aug.
13,
1769
Oct.
12,
1769
Oct.
17,
1769
Oct.
25,
1769
Oct.
25,
1769
Jan.
30,
1770
Mar.
4,
1770
Mar.
14,
1770
Mar.
20,
1770
Mar.
23,
1770
Apr.
6,
1770
May
6,
1770
June
3,
1770
June
15,
1770
June
15,
1770
Aug.
1,
1770
Aug.
1,
1770
Aug.
12,
1770
Aug.
12,
1770
Sept.
13,
1770
Oct.
19,
1770
Nov.
25,
1770
Jan.
1,
1771
Apr.
8,
1771
May
12,
1771
June
16,
1771
Aug.
11,
1771
Sept.
12,
1771
Sept.
12,
1771
Oct.
20,
1771
Lee.
4,
1771
Apr.
9,
1772
May
26,
1772
Aug.
23,
1772
Sept.
6,
1772
Sept.
9,
1772
Nov.
8,
1772
Nov.
8,
1772
Nov.
12,
1772
Mar.
7,
1773
Mar.
22,
1773
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6, 1773
6
1773
22
1773
30,
1773
2
1773
20,
1773
24,
1773
24,
1773
24,
1773
6,
1773
1,
1773
10,
1773
10,
1773
22,
1773
19,
1773
21,
1773
20,
1774
29,
1774
5,
1774
10,
1774
14,
1774
9,
1774
3,
1774
4,
1775
6,
1775
11,
1775
5,
1775
23,
1776
23,
1776
7,
1776
9,
1776
21,
1776
25,
1776
6,
1776
6,
1776
16,
1777
16,
1777
2,
1777
13,
1777
8,
1777
8,
1777
14,
1777
3,
1778
3,
1778
21,
1778
21,
1778
12,
1779
6,
1779
11,
1779
8,
1779
16,
1779
16,
1779
28,
1779
28,
1779
28,
1779
Eunice dau. of Thomas & Mehitable Goodwin.
Anna dau. of Nathaniel & EHzabeth Libbey.
Anna dau. of Tristrum & Anna Heard, offered by Dea.
Tristrum Heard and wife as their own.
Sarah dau. of Benjamin & Betty Libbey.
Mary dau. of John & EHzabeth Pierce.
Olhve dau. of Moses & Butler.
Joanna dau. of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
Esther dau. of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
Nabby dau. of Ebenezer & Joanna Jones.
Rachel dau. of James & McCarrill.
Sarah dau. of Phillip & Dorcas Yeaton.
Elizabeth dau. of Shipway & Lydia Goodwin.
Ollive dau. of Shipway & Lydia Goodwin.
Sarah dau. of Daniel & Lydia Knock.
Anna dau. of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
Molly dau. of James & Anna Fogg.
Eunice dau. of Daniel & Lois Libbey.
Molly dau. of Joshua & Betty Ricker of Massabesick.
Sarah dau. of Joshua & Anna Brackett.
Susey dau. of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Libbey.
Experience dau. of John & Jane Brock.
Patience dau. of Johnson & Sarah Neal, offered by her.
Mary dau. of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
Mehitable dau. of Thomas & Mehitable Goodwin.
Adah dau. of Samuel & Peggey Hooper.
Huldah dau. of Eliphalet & Lydia Randall.
Anna dau. of Miles & Elizabeth Shorey.
Abray dau. of Thomas & Mary Heard.
Molly dau. of Thomas & Mary Heard.
Allice dau. of Joseph & Mary Hardison.
Lydia dau. of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
Mary dau. of Hawley & Hannah Appleby.
Elizabeth dau. of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Molly dau. of Ebenezer & Sarah Tebbetts.
Sarah dau. of Ebenezer & Sarah Tebbetts.
Molly dau. of James & McCarrill.
Mercy dau. of John & Elizabeth Pearce.
Martha dau. of Elisha & Sarah Lord.
Mary dau. of Richard & Experience Yeaton, offered by her.
Jenny dau. of Ebenezer & Jenny Lord, offered by her.
Sarah dau. of Ebenezer & Jenny Lord, offered by her.
Purlina dau. of James & Tabitha Grant, offered by her.
Molly dau. of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Anna dau. of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Abigail dau. of William & Sarah Goodwin.
Margaret dau. of Benjamin & Betty Libbey.
Sarah dau. of Ebenezer & Jenny Lord.
Susy dau. of Samuel & Peggy Hooper.
Jenny dau. of Joseph & Sarah Fogg.
Elizabeth dau. of James & Anna Fogg.
Sarah dau. of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Martha dau. of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Eunice dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Martha dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
Dorcas dau. of Joseph & Mary Hodsdon.
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Betty dau. of Elisha & Joanna Andrews.
Molly dau. of Paul & Lydia Brown.
Dorcas granddaughter of Benjamin & Love Lord, offered
by them.
Lydia dau. of John & Jerusha Hanscom.
Sarah dau. of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Mercy Andrews, adult, baptized on profession of faith.
Dorcas INIiller, adult, baptized on profession of faith.
Susanna Hambleton, adult, baptized on profession of faith.
Elizabeth dau. of Jonathan & Mary Keen.
Sarah dau. of Benjamin & Mary Barrows.
Margaret dau. of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Mary dau. of Benjamin & Lj'-dia Adams.
Ollive dau. of Humphre}^ & OUive Lord.
Anna dau. of Humphrej^ & Ollive Lord.
Patience dau. of Humphrey & Ollive Lord.
Nancy dau. of James & Mary Randall.
Merc}^ dau. of Moses & Elizabeth Tebbetts, offered by her.
Deborah dau. of Moses & Elizabeth Tebbetts, offered by
her.
Elizabeth dau. of John & Elizabeth Frost.
Bett}^ dau. of John & Joanna Randall.
Lydia dau. of John & Joanna Randall.
Moll}^ dau. of John & Joanna Randall.
Elizabeth dau. of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Mary, dau. of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Katherine dau. of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Abigail dau. of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Sarah dau. of Charles & Rachel Stacpole, offered by her.
Sobriety dau. of Charles & Rachel Stacpole, offered by her.
Mary dau. of Joseph & Lydia Chick.
Elizabeth dau. of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Sarah Rowe, adult, baptized on profession of faith.
Ruth dau. of Charles & Rachel Stacpole, offered by her.
Elizabeth dau. of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Patience dau. of Johnson & Sarah Neal, offered by her.
Elizabeth dau. of John & Jane Brock, offered by her.
Mercy Rust dau. of Nathaniel & Merriell Norton.
Amey Nock, adult, baptized on profession of faith.
Bettey dau. of George & Margaret Worcester.
Molly dau. of Benjamin & Betty Libbe3^
Sarah wdfe of Moses Gubtail, baptized on profession of
faith.
Olive dau. of Moses & Sarah Gubtail, offered by her..
Susanna dau. of Daniel & Marj^ Brackett.
Molly dau. of Daniel & Mary Brackett.
Hannah dau. of Josiah & Eunice Staple.
Olive dau of Thomas & Margaret Hodsdon.
Mary wdfe of Benjamin Gubtail, baptized on profession.
Anna dau. of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Betty dau. of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Molley dau. of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Adah dau. of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Hannah dau. of Aaron & Mary Chick.
Elizabeth dau. of Benjamin & Lydia Adams.
[To be concluded]
1920] Genealogical Research in England 231
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
[Continued from page 146]
Gifford-Sargent
Contributed by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., A.M., LL.B., of Newport, R. I.,
and communicated by the Committee on English Research
It is not often that the Committee on English Research is able
to present an ancestral line of a New England immigrant that
reaches back into the early Middle Ages, and consequently it is
with great pleasure that it communicates to the Register records
proving the descent of Margaret Gifford, wife of Hugh Sargent
of Courteenhall, co. Northampton, and grandmother of William
Sargent, one of the early settlers of Maiden, Mass., from John
Gifford le Boef of Twyford, co. Bucks, in 1277. The records will
be followed by a pedigree, in which the facts derived from them
and from various authorities will be set forth in the usual genealogi-
cal form.
From Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum and Inquisitions Post Mortem*
Inquisition taken at Hertaye [?] by Faversham, co. Kent, 29 December,
34 Edward III [1360]. The jurors say that it is not to the damage or prejudice
of the King or others if the King grants to John Giffard permission to
enfeoff Robert, parson of Somerton church, and Richard Mallet, chaplain,
with 5 marks rent in Leisdon, they to grant the same to Thomas, son of
the said John, and Elizabeth de Musenden, and their issue, with remainder
in default to the right heirs of John. The said rent is held of the King in
chief by knight service, as parcel of the barony of Arsyk. No other lands,
etc., remain to the said John in this county.
Inquisition taken at Ixning, co. Suffolk, 20 December, 34 Edward III
[1360]. It is likewise not to the prejudice, etc., if John Giffard, Chivaler,
assign the manor of Ixning to the said feoffees to grant to the said Thomas
and Elizabeth and their issue, etc., as above. John has no other lands,
etc., in this county.
Inquisition taken at Oxford, 23 December, 34 Edward III [1360]. It
is likewise not to the prejudice, etc., if John Giffard assign to the same
feoffees his manors of Somerton and Feringford, co. Oxon, with 30s. rent
in Cogges, co. Oxon, to grant the same manors to the said John and Lucy
his wife, for the term of their lives, with remainder to their son Thomas
and his issue, and, in default, to the right heirs of John, and the rent to
Thomas and Elizabeth de Mussendon and their issue, which otherwise ought
to revert to John, eldest son of the said John, by which the King ought to
have the relief as it falls due. John has no other lands, etc., in the said
county. (Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum, Chancery Series, file 336, no. 18.)
Inquisition taken at Dadyngton, co. Oxford, 4 January, 41 Edward III
[1367/8]. The jurors say it will not be to the damage or prejudice of the
King if he grants to John Giffard permission to enfeoff Thomas Giffard
and Margery his wife with 2 carucates of land in Feryngford and the moiety
of the manor of Feringford and the advowson of that church, held of the
King in chief, to hold to the said Thomas and Margery and their heirs.
*Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.
232 Genealogical Research in England [July
The said premises are held of the King in chief by the twelfth part of a
knight's fee. The said John, beyond the premises so assigned, holds the
moiety of the manor of Somerton and the advowson of that church of the
King in chief, and the same are worth 22 marks a year. {lb., file 362, no. 4.)
Inquisition taken at Banbury [co. Oxon] 11 March, 43 Edward III [1368/91.
The jurors say that John Giffard, the day he died, held nothing of the
King in chief, but held the manor of Somerton and the advowson of the
church of the said manor for the term of his life by feoffment of Robert,
parson of Somerton church, and Richard Malet, chaplain, by homage of
the King, with remainder to Thomas, son of the said John, and his issue.
He also held a certain rent issuing from 5 messuages and 5 virgates of land
in the vill of Bekebruk of Roger Cheyne by the service of a twentieth part
of a knight's fee, vvith remainder to Thomas and his issue. He also held
1 messuage, 80 acres of arable land, 4)^ acres of meadow, and 30s. annual
rent in Newinton Ewelme for life of Sir John de Seyton, Chivaler, in chief
by knight service, with remainder to Thomas and his issue.
The said John died on Sunday next after the Feast of the Conversion of
St. Paul,* 43 Edward III [1368/9], and Thomas is his son and heir, aged
twenty-five years and more. (Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series,
Edward III, file 209, no. 46; also in Exchequer Enrolments of Inquisitions,
no. 148.)
Inquisition taken at Ampthull, co. Beds, on Saturday next after All
Saints, t 32 Edward III [1358]. The jurors say that it is not to the damage
or prejudice of the King or others if the King grants to Master Edmund
DE MoRTEYN permission to assign 4 messuages, 105 acres of land, 12 acres
of meadow, and 183^d. rent in Lytlington, co. Beds, to the Abbot and
ConA^ent of Berking, to them and their successors for ever, because the .
said premises are held of the said Abbot and Convent by service of 6s.
103^d. a year, they holding the manor and lordship there of the King and
pure and perpetual alms. The said messuages and lands are worth 64s.
43^d. a year. There remain to Edmund, beyond the said grant, at Merssh-
ton, CO. Beds, lands, etc., to the value of 100 marks a year, which he holds
of the barony of Caynho by knight service. (Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum,
Chancery Series, file 329, no. 2.)
Inquisition taken in co. Beds 20 May, 40 Edward III [1366]. The jurors
say that Sir John Morteyn, Chivaler, held the manor of Tillesworthe
of the King, the day he died, by knight service as of his honor of Peverell,
and John Morteyn, Chivaler, is his son and next heir, and is aged twenty
years and more; and he [John, the father] died 5 March, 36 Edward III
[1361/2], and the said manor is worth yearly 20 marks. And that Edmund
Morteyn, Clerk, died 14 June, 39 Edward III [1365], and held the manor
of Mersston the da}^ he died of Almaric de St. Amand, as of his barony of
Caynho, by knight service. John, son of the said John, deceased, is next
of kin and heir of Edmund, and the said manor is worth yearly £20. (In--
quisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series, Edward III, file 191, no. 54b.)
Inquisition taken at Melchborne, co. Beds, on Saturday, on the Feast of
the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 4 Richard II [7 July 1380].
The jurors say that Sir John Morteyn, Knight, the day he died, held of
King Edward in chief the manor of Marston, as of the barony of Cainho, by
the service of a knight's fee, and the same manor is worth £20.
«
*The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul falla on 25 January.
tThe Feast of All Saints falls on 1 November.
1920] Genealogical Research in England *' 233
He died on Tuesday next before the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula,* 47
Edward III [1373]. ... . *
He also held of the King in chief the manor of Tillesworth by service of
a knight's fee, and it is worth £10 a year.
Sir Richard Chamberleyn, Knight, and Sir Thomas Gifford, Knight,
are next of kin and heirs of the said John, Richard being son of Joan,
sister of John (father of said John Morteyn), and aged sixty years and
more, and Thomas being son of Lucy, sister of John (father of said
John Morteyn), and aged thirty years and more, and they are next heirs of
said John.
Elizabeth, who was the wife of said John, has since his death taken the
profits of the said manors, by what title the jury know not.f {lb., Richard II,
file 16, no. 39.)
Inquisition taken at Preston by Faversham, co. Kent, Thursday next
before the Feast of St. Edmund the King,t 18 Richard II [1394]. The
jurors say that Sir Thomas Gyffard, Chivaler, deceased, was seised in
his demesne, as of 'ee, of the moiety of a tenement called Jardynes in the
vill of Leisdon in the Isle of Shepey, held of the King in chief by the service
of an eighth part of a knight's fee, and the same is worth yearly 10s.
The said Thomas died 25 September last past [1394], and Roger Giffard
is his son and heir, aged twenty-six years and more.
Inquisition taken at Burcestre, co. Oxford, on Monday next before the
Feast of St. Martin the Bishop,§ 18 Richard II [1394]. The jurors say
that Sir Thomas Gyffard, Knight, held of the King in chief, the day he
died, the moiety of the manor of Somerton by service of a moiety of a knight's
fee, and [it] is worth yearly 20 marks. He also held of the King in chief
the moiety of the manor of Firyngford, conjointly with his wife Sybil, now
surviving, for their lives, by service of the moiety of a knight's fee, and the
same is worth yearly 12 marks. He also held 4 messuages and 4 virgates of
land in Bekbrok, conjointly with his wife Sybil, of Roger Cheyne, as of
his manor of Kersyngton, by the service of the eighth part of a knight's
fee, and the same are worth 5 marks yearly. He also held in like manner
5 messuages and 5 virgates of land in Newenton Jewell of Sir John Seyton,
Knight, as of his manor of Bereford St. Michael, and [they] are worth yearly
7 marks.
He died Wednesday before Michaelmas! | last past [1394], and Roger his
son is his next heir, aged twenty-seven and more. {lb., Richard II, file
83, no. 16.)
Inquisition taken at Leisdon, co. Kent, on Thursday next after [illegible],
10 Henry IV. ^ The jurors say that Roger Giffard, Esq., held a marsh
in Leisdon called Giffard's marsh by ward of the castle there, and the same
is worth yearly 6s. 8d.
Roger died [illegible], and Thomas is his son and next heir, aged one year
and more.
Inquisition taken at Northampton on Saturday next before Michael-
mas, || 10 Henry IV [1409]. The jurors say that Roger Giffard, Esq.,
held, the day he died, in his demesne, as of fee tail, the manor of Helydon,
*The Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula falls on 1 August.
tAn inquisition post mortem of 5 Richard II [1381-2] on Elizabeth, wife of John Morteyn,
formerly in Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series, Richard II, no. 87, has been mssiug since
1821.
JThe Feast of St. Edmund the King falls on 20 November.
§The Feast of St. Martin the Bishop falls on 11 November.
II Michaelmas, the Feast of the Archangel Michael, falls on 29 September.
IJThe tenth year of the reign of Henry IV began with 30 September 1408 and ended with 29
September 1409.
234' * Genealogical Research in England [July
CO. Northants, by^ feoffment of Sir John de Seyton, Knight, and Wilham
Batesford, clerk, to the said Roger and Elizabeth, then his wife, and their
issue, as appears by indenture. The said Roger and Elizabeth had issue
Katherine, now surviving. And Elizabeth is dead. The same is held of
the King in chief by knight service, and is worth yearly £10.
Roger died 14 April last past [1409], and the said Katherine is heir to
Roger and Elizabeth and is aged ten years and more.
Inquisition taken at Somerton, co. Oxon, on Tuesday, on the Feast of
St. Dionis, 11 Henry IV [9 October 1409]. The jurors say that Roger
GiFFARD, the day he died, held in his demesne, as of fee, 1 cottage and 20
acres of land in Cogges of the King in chief, by service of a hundredth
part of a knight's fee, and the same is worth yearlj^ 3s. 4d. He also held,
conjointly with Isabel, his wife, now surviving, the manors of Bekbroke
and Newynton by feoffment of William Stretle and William Kyng, chap-
lains, to hold to said Roger and Isabel and their issue, failing which the
same premises, with the manors of Twyford, co. Bucks, and Helydon, co.
Northants, revert to the right heirs of Roger.
Roger died on Sunday next after Easter last past [1409], and Thomas
Giffard is his son and heir, aged one year and more. {lb., Henry IV, file
71, no. 19.)
Inquisition taken at Wodestoke, co. Oxford, on the Feast of St. Luke the
Evangelist, 8 Henry VI [18 October 1429]. The jurors say that Sybil
[Giffard], who was the wife of Thomas Giffard of Twj^ford, Knight, held
no lands, etc., in her demesne as of fee, but that William de Hampton, parson
of the church of Hynton, Richard de Cudl3mgton, parson of Crow^lton,
William Gardyner, parson of Somerton, and John de Bedeford, clerk, were
seised of the manor of Feringford and by letters patent, dated 6 July, 7
Richard II [1383], had licence of the King to give the same to Sir Thomas
Giffard, Knight, and Sybil, then his wife, for their lives, with remainder to
Roger, son of the said Thomas, and Joan iiis wife, daughter of Baldwin de
Bereford, Knight, and the issue of Roger and Joan, with contingent re-
mainders, in default of such issue, to John, brother of Roger, and his issue,
to their brothers Thomas and William and their issue, and to the right heirs
of Sir Thomas.
Afterwards Sir Thomas died, and Joan, wife of Roger, died without
issue, and John, Thomas, and William, brothers of Roger, died without
issue. Roger was also seised of the manor of Somerton, with the advowson
of the same, and by licence in letters patent, dated 21 July, 19 Richard II
[1395], sold the same to Sybil for Kfe, with reversion to him and his heirs;
and afterwards Roger married Isabel Stretele and had issue Thomas, now
surviving.
Roger died on the Sunday after Easter, 10 Henry IV [1409], and the said
manor descends to Thomas, son of Roger, within age and in the custody
of the King.
Sybil died 26 February last past [1428/9], and the manor of Feringford
ought to remain to Thomas, son of Roger, as next of kin of Sir Thomas.
By letters patent, dated 1 October, 11 Henry IV [1409], the King granted
to William Lord de Roos of Hamlak the custody of all lands, etc., which
were the said Roger's, during the minority of Roger's heir, and he has the
same until the full age of the said heir as well as the marriage of the said
heir.
The said manor of Feringford is held of the King in chief and is worth
yearly 100s. The manor and adVowson of Somerton are held of the King
in chief, as of his castle of Dover, by fealty and ward of the Castle, and
the same are worth £6. 4s.
The said Thomas, son of Roger, is son and heir of Roger and is aged
1920] Genealogical Research in England 235
twenty-one years and more. And a certain Eleanor is daughter and heir
of Sybil and is aged twenty-three years and more. {lb] Henry VI, file 45,
no. 36.)
Proof of age of Thomas Giffard, son and heir of Roger and next of kin
to Sir Thomas Giffard, Knight.
Proof of age of said Thomas, son of Roger, son of Sir Thomas, taken at
Byceter, co. Oxford, on Saturday, on the Morrow of Hilary, 8 Henry VI
[14 January 1429/30].
John Cornewayll, aged sixty, says that Thomas was born at Feryngford,
and was baptized in the church of that vill, and was aged twenty-one years
on the Feast of St. Thomas the Martyr last past [29 December 1429]; and
he knows this, because he saw Sybil, who was the wife of Sir Roger [sic]
Giffard, Knight, give the said Thomas a gilt cup when the said Thomas
was baptized.
John Togood, aged forty-four, says likewise, and remembers the same,
because he was then in the service of Sir Thomas Giffard, Chivaler, and
rode with him from the vill of Twyford to the church of Feryngford, where
Thomas was baptized.
[Ten others give evidence, all agreeing as to the date, but they add nothing
further of interest.] (lb., Henry VI, file 46, no. 44.)
Inquisition taken at Dadyngton, co. Oxford, on Friday n^xt before the
Feast of All Saints,* 9 Edward IV [1469]. The jurors say that Thomas
Giffard, Esq., held no lands, etc., in his demesne of the King or others in
the said county the day he died.
He died 29 May last past [1469], and John GifTord, Esq., is his son and
heir, aged thirty-eight years and more. (lb., Edward IV, file 31, no. 15.)
Inquisition taken at Thame [co. Oxon], 10 November, 3 Henry VIII
[1511 J. The jurors say that John [sic] Gifford was seised of 4 messuages
and 7 virgates of land in Fryngford in his demesne as of fee, and, thus being
seised, 24 November, 3 Henry VII [1487], by deed granted the same to
himself and his wife Joan and his heirs. Thomas Fowler, Richard Danvers,
William Danvers, and Richard More were seised of 4 messuages, 4 tofts,
40 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture and 20s. rent in
Newenton Jewell and Begbroke, and on 26 November, 3 Henry VII [1487],
granted the same to the said Thomas and Joan his wife and the heirs of
Thomas. The said Thomas w^as seised of 3 messuages, 4 cottages, 100 acres
of land, 50 acres of meadow, and 40 acres of pasture in Fryngford and
Cogges and the moiety of the advowson of Fryngford church, and died
seised thereof.
The 4 messuages and 7 virgates in Fryngford are worth yearly 5 marks,
the 3 messuages and advowson, etc., 64s., and the premises in Newenton
Jewell and Begbroke £10.
Thomas died 10 October last past [1511], and Thomas Gyfford is his
son and heir, aged thirty years and more. Joan, wife of Thomas, deceased,
survives him. (Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, file 26, no. 24.)
Inquisition taken at Buckingham, 22 November, 35 Henry VIII [1543].
The jurors say that Roger Gifford, Esq., held a tenement and lands in
Padbury and bequeathed the same to Mary Gifford his wife. He also held
a messuage and lands in Botyl-Cleydon.
Roger died 23 January, 34 Henry VIII [1542/3], and John Giffard, Esq.,
is his son and heir, aged fifty years and more. (lb., vol. 69, no. 167.)
Inquisition taken at Oxford, 7 April, 5 Edward VII [1551]. The jurors
*The Feast of All Saints falls on 1 November.
236 Genealogical Research in England [July
say that Thomas Gyfford, Esq., before his death, was seised in his demesne,
as of fee tail, of the moiety of a manor in Fryngford and of the advowson
of that parish church and also of 7 messuages, 4 cottages, 500 acres of land,
300 acres of pasture, 200 acres of meadow, 40 acres of wood, 300 acres of
furze and heath, and 8s. free rent in Fryngford. He was likewise seised
in fee tail, to him and his issue, of another manor in South Newenton als
Newnton Juell, co. Oxon, and of and in 4 messuages, 100 acres of land, 60
acres of pasture, 20 acres of meadow, and 6d. rent in Newnton; also of
4 messuages, 140 acres of land, 100 acres of pasture, and 20 acres of meadow
in Begbroke, co. Oxon, and in two separate closes in Cogges, containing 6
acres in the tenure of Thomas Bo well.
He died 25 November, 4 Edward VI [1550], and his lands, etc., ought and
do descend to Ursula Waynman, wife of Thomas Waynman, Esq., only
daughter of said Thomas Gifford, aged forty years and more.
The moiety of the manor in Fryngford is held of the King in chief by
the service of a knight's fee, and is worth yearly £12. Is. 8d. The manor,
etc., in Newnton are worth yearly £5. 12s. 6d., the jurors do not know of
whom held; the premises in Begbroke are held of Henry Duke of Suffolk
by fealty and suit of court and an annual rent of 6d., and are worth yearly
£4. 15s. Id. And the closes in Cogges are worth yearly 12s;, of whom held
the jurors know not. (76., file 94, no. 44.)
Inquisition taken at [torn] [co. Northampton], 8 April, 5 Elizabeth [1563].
The jurors say that Nicholas Gifford, Esq., was seised of the house and
site of the late monastery of St. James by Northampton, now dissolved, and
of wood called the Great Grove in a street called St. James in the parish of
Duston by Northampton, and of the water mill and other places [names given]
late belonging to the said monastery. He was also seised of an annual fair
called St. James Fair, held in the Fayre yard in a Street called St. James
End at the Abbey Street in Duston, all of which was granted to him and
his heirs by letters patent dated 12 September, 37 Henry VIII [1545]. He
was seised in tail male of 1 acre of meadow in Duston called the Nether-
mede and of other lands [names given]. So being seised, on 16 May, 38
Henry VIII [1546], he made his will, bequeathing a third part of his land
to the King during the minority of his son and the other two parts to his
wife Anne for her and her children.
He died at Duston 19 May, 38 Henry VIII [1546]. Roger Gyfford is
his son and heir, aged eighteen years, three months, a minor.
Anne Gyfford, widow, has taken the profits of two-thirds of the lands,
according to the said will. {lb., vol. 135, no. 50.)
Inquisition taken at Northampton, 17 January, 34 Elizabeth [1591/2],
before the King's escheator there. The jurors say that Roger Giffard,
Gent., on the day of his death, was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in
the whole house or site of the late monaster}^ of St. James by Northampton,
and of and in a grove of wood called the Great Grove, containing about 10
acres, in a street called St. James End, in the parish of Duston, co. Northants,
belonging to the said house or site, and also of and in lands and pastures
called the Dovehouse Close, the Oxclesae alias the Moor, the Calves'
Close, and the Gueldings' Close, containing about 19 acres, 1 rood, 6 perches,
in Duston, and of and in a water mill, lands, ponds, etc., within the site of
the said late monastery, and of and in 3 spinneys of about 1 acre, 16 perches,
in Duston, and of and in 38 acres of fneadow in the Common Meadow of
Duston and in the meadow called the«Abbot's Meadow in Duston, and of
and in divers lands, pastures, furze, and heath, about 152 acres lying sepa-
rately in the common fields of Duston, and of and in a curtilage or close of
land called the Fair Yard, and of a fair called St. James Fair, held every
1920] Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society 237
year in the said curtilage and in St. James End, als Abbey Street, and in
the King's ways and lands adjacent, that is, from the west corner of the
great barn to a bridge called the Free Bridge in the parish of Duston, to-
gether with the tolls, etc., of that fair and in the court of piepowder held
yearly in the sd fair. He held 1 acre of meadow in the field called the
Abbot's Meadow, in the parish of Duston, parcel of the possessions of the
Master and Confraternity of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist in North-
ampton, and 2 acres of land lying in the Netherfield and the Westolle
Meade in the fields of Duston, late parcel of the possessions of Thomas Palmer,
deceased, and 2 roods of meadow and 1 rood of land in the Westolle Meadow
in Duston Parish, and a parcel of land called Throughland, lying above
Hills Furlong in the said Westolle. He held a cottage and vacant piece
of land in St. James Street.
The sd site and late possessions of the late monastery are held of the Queen
in chief by the service of the fortieth part of a knight's fee, and are worth
yearly £12. 7s. 4d. The acre of meadow in Abbot's Meadow is held of
the Master and Confraternity of the said Hospital by fealty and the annual
rent of 12d., and is worth yearly 4s. The 2 acres are held of Sir George
Somerset, Knight, by fealty, and are worth yearly 12d. The 2 roods of
meadow, 1 rood of land, and a parcel of land are held of Sir Geo. Somerset
b}^ fealty, and are worth yearly 14d. The cottage, etc., are held by Roger
Carrell by fealty, and are worth 2s.
They say that Roger Giffard died at St. James aforesaid on 20 October,
33 Elizabeth [1591], and that Francis Giffard is his son and heir and at
his father's death was aged twenty-three j^ears and more. Annes Giffard,
wife of the said Roger, survives and lives at Duston. (Esc, 34 Elizabeth,
package 2, no. 70.)
[To be continuedl
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
By Henry Edwards Scott, A.B., Recording Secretary
Boston, Massachusetts, 5 May 1920. A stated meeting of the Society was
held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, at 2.30 P. M., President Baxter pre-
siding.
The minutes of the April meeting were approved, and the reports of the Cor-
responding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting that since the April meeting members of the Society had been
elected as follows:
Pilgrim Tercentenary Members
George Pope MacNichol of Toledo, Ohio
Tracy Dows of Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Anna Blake Shaw of New York City
John I. Waterbury of Morristown, N. J.
Robert D. Douglas of West Orange, N. J.
Mrs. William Luther Davis of Clifton, Ohio
George Henry May of Lancaster, Mass.
Le Roy Frost of Nyack, N. Y.
Joseph S. Sylvester of Hanover, Mass.
Robert Wilcox Sayles of Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Chauncey Gushing Nash of Milton, Mass.
William Starr Jackson of Buffalo, N. Y.
238 Notes [July
Mrs. George Marston Whitin of Whitinsville, Mass.
Willard Pope of Detroit, Mich.
Resident Members
F. C. King of Big Creek, Cal.
Margaret E. Whitechurch of Boston, Mass.
William Harold Taylor of Concord, Mass.
Mrs. Rufus K. Noyes of Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Asa Wilson Waters of Cambridge, Mass.
Elizabeth Prentiss Fowle of Dorchester, Mass.
The Council also reported the names of eighteen candidates for Pilgrim Ter-
centenary Membership and seven candidates for Resident Membership, stating
that action by the Council on these names would be in order after they had been
posted for thirty days, in accordance with the By-Laws:
By direction of the Council the Recording Secretary then presented the follow-
ing, which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, by the decease of Richard Henry Winslow Dwight, on the eleventh day of March
1920, there exists a vacancy on the board of trustees of the Fund created under the provisions of
the will of the late Frederic Kidder, for the benefit of the New England Historic Genealogical Soci-
ety, therefore, on motion, it is
Voted, That a petition be presented to the Honorable Probate Court, within and for the County
of Middlesex, where the said will was adjudicated, and in whose registry it is on record, praying
that the said Court will be pleased to appoint James Melville Hunneweli of Boston, a member of
this Society, to fill the said vacancy.
President Baxter then presented, as the speaker of the afternoon, John Albree
of Boston, who, in an illustrated paper entitled A Woman who would not tell, gave
an interesting account of Elizabeth Van Lew of Richmond, Va., known from her
activities in the Civil War as * 'Grant's Spy."
On motion a vote of thanks to the speaker was adopted, and at 3.50 P. M. the
meeting was dissolved, the members of the Society and their guests proceeding
to the adjoining tea room, where light refreshments were served under the aus-
pices of the Committee on Papers and Essays.
NOTES
It having come to the attention of this Society that certain geneal-
ogists and publishers have used the name of the Society in con-
nection with their own enterprises, the Society again desires to
state that it has NO genealogical representatives in this country
or in England, nor is it in any way connected with any publications
other than those that it issues over its own name at 9 Ashburton
Place, Boston.
Samson-Lawrence. — The following inscriptions are found in the Samson Bur-
ial Ground, Brattleboro, Vt.
Capt. Elisha Samson died Sept. 12, 1828, aged 76 years.
Damaris his Wife died Feb. 21, 1838, aged 84 years.
Elisha Samson died Nov. 15, 1821, aged 34.
Catharine his Wife died Apr. 30, 1873, aged 87 years.
The following records are found in the family Bible of the late Alvarus Law-
rence of Bolton, Mass.
Marriages
Alvarus Lawrence Married to Delia M[aria] Samson* April 15th 1835.
Alvarus Lawrence Married to Mary A[ugusta] Patch October 22th [sic] 1862.
*Delia Maria Samson was daughter of Elisha and Catharine Samson and granddaughter of
Capt. Elisha and Damaris Samson, whose gravestone inscriptions are given above.
1920] ' Notes 239
Births
Alvarus Lawrence Born December 23th [sic] 1813.
Delia M. Lawrence the wife of A Lawrence Born August 13th 1813
Francis Lawrence Born February 24th 1836.*
Elenor Maria Lawrence Born Febuary [^ic] 5th 1838.*
Henry Edwin Lawrence Born March 24th 1840.*
Mary Louisa Lawrence Boin May 20th 1841.*
Roswell N[ewton] Lawrence Born November 18, 1844.*
Sarah J[ane] Lawrence Born May 19th 1847.*
Deaths ^
Francis Lawrence the Son of A. Lawrence Died March 26th 185S Aged 22
years 1 mo. 1 dy.
Deha M. Lawrence the wife of A. Lawrence Died Feb. 13th 1861 Age 47 yrs.
6 mos.
Henry E[dwin] Lawrence Died [at Warner, 111.] March Uth 1864 Aged 23
years 11 months 16 days
Sarah J[ane] Jewett Died November 18th 1872 Aged 25 years 6 months.
Ehnor M[aria] Lawrence DeForest Died March 22nd 1911 Aged 73. 1 month
17 days
Millicent Lawrence the Mother of Alvarus Lawrence Died [at Bolton, Mass.]
August the 19: 1849 Aged 72.
Abijah Lawrence Died [at Bolton, Mass.] November the 28 1853 Aged 79.
Alvarus Lawrence Died October 9th 1891 Aged 77 yrs 9 months 16 days
Mary A[u]gusta Patch Lawrence Died Aug 26th 1904 Age 80.
Maiden, Mass. George Walter Chamberlain.
Percival. — The following records were found on the "Family Record" leaves
of a New Testament published at "Sandbornton," N. H., by Charles Lane in
1837.
Births.
Daniel Percival Chatham Connctticut 1770 Febuary 24
Prudence Southmayd Campton N Hampshir Sept 27 1776
Annis Perciva Campton N Hampshir Aug 26 1797
Gorden Percival May 9 1800 Campton N Hampshr
Daniel Percival Jr Campton N Hampshr Dec 24 1801
^ John Percival First Campton N Hampshr January 26 1804
P Hannah Percival April 2 1806 Campton N Hamp
Whitmore FerciYa,[ivorn] Campton N Hampshire May 4 1808
Judith Percival Campton Newhampshr June 29 1810
Jacob Percival Campton Newhampshir March 30 1813
John Percival 2d Nov 28 1821 Campton N Hampshir
Marriages
Daniel Percival and Prudence Southmayd Campton Newhampsh March
1796
Annis Percival and Asha Goodhue Campton Newhampshir Nov 9 1820
Gorden Percival and Emeline Beale Bangor Maine January 19th 1830
Hannah Percival and Edwin Alger Campton N Hampshir January 1826
Jacob Percival and Susan Drew Thorntown New Hampshire July 30. 1843
, Deaths
Judith Percival Campton Newhamps Sept 24 1813 Age 3 years
John Percival 1st Aug 2d 1816 Age 12 yea Campton Newhamp
Daniel Percival Jr Aug 23 1825 Age 24 years Campton Newhampshire
Daniel Percival 1st died July 10. 1843 aged 73 years, four months and 14
days
John Percival 2d June lid [sic] 1851 Age twenty nine years and seven months
and thirteen days *
Prudence Percival died August 21st 1858 Aged 81 years, 11 months, and 25
days Hudson Maine
♦Child of Alvarus and Delia M. Lawrence, born at Bolton, Mass.
240
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[July
Annis Goodhu Percival [sic] died May 29th 1859. n Eaton Lower Canada
Aged 61 years eight months and four days
Hannah Alger Percival [sic] died March 16th 1873 in Eaton Lowr Canada
Aged 66 year 11 month and 14 days
Dover, N. H. Samuel Burnham Shackford.
Historical Intelligence
Heraldry. — The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic
• Genealogical Society strongly recommends that all coats of arms which can be
proved to be authentic be offered for record
with this Society. The arrangements for the
making and preservation of such records are
complete, and the volume of recorded arms has
been begun by the entry therein of a number of
well-authenticated coats. Printed forms and
directions for the making of applications may
be obtained from the Committee, and all com-
munications on this subject should be addressed
to the Committee on Heraldry, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton
Place, Boston.
Without taking any position with reference to
the propriety of assuming arms, the Committee
will be glad to examine arms or heraldic devices
which any person or organization desires to as-
sume, and give advice as to whether the same are heraldically correct or whether
they violate a right of exclusive use heretofore acquired by others.
Genealogies in Preparation. — Persons of the several names are advised
to furnish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families
and other information which they think may be useful. We would suggest that
all facts of interest illustrating family history or character be communicated,
especially service under the U. S. Government, the holding of other offices, grad-
uation from college or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates
of birth, marriage, residence, and death. All names should be given in full if
possible. No initials should be used when the full name is known.
Colby. — Anthony, born in England (perhaps at Beccles, co. Suffolk) circa 1580-
1590, died at Amesbury (then a part of Salisbury), Mass., in 1661, by Roscoe E.
Colby, 14 State Street, Lawrence, Mass.
Wright. — Richard, born in London, England, in 1608, died at Plympton (then a
part of Plymouth), Mass., 19 June 1691, by Eugene A. Wright, Plympton, Mass.
Young. — William, of Boston, Mass., born about 1700, died atHopkinton, Mass.,
by Mrs. Susa Young Gates, 29 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
RECENT BOOKS
[The Editor particularly requests persons sending books for listing in the Register to state,
for the information of readers, the price of each book, with the amount to be added for postage
when sent by mail, and from whom it may be ordered. For the January issue, books should be
received by Nov. 1; for April, by Feb. 1; ioT July, by May 1; and for October, by July l.j
GENEALOGICAL
Avery genealogy. The Avery, Fairchild, and Park families of Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Rhode Island, with a short narration of facts concerning Mr.
Richard Warren, Mayflower passenger, and his family connections with Thomas
1920] Recent Books 241
Little. William Avery, 1650; Thomas Fairchild, 1638; Richard Park, 1635;
Thomas Little, 1630; Richard Warren, 1620. Hartford, Conn., 1919. 18 + 151
p. pi. por. 8° Address Samuel Putnam Avery, 61 Woodland St., Hartford, Conn,
Bates genealogy. The Bates Bulletin. Index, vols. 1-5, second series, 1912-
1917. Published by The Bates Association. [20] p. 4° Address Rev. Newton
W. Bates, Burton, Ohio.
Bates genealogy. The Bates Bulletin. Series 3, vol. 3, no. 1. October, 1919.
p. 37-44, il. 8°
Caudebec genealogy. Caudebec in America. A record of the descendants
of Jacques Caudebec, 1700 to 1920. By William Louis Cuddeback, M. D. New
York, Tobias A[lexander] Wright, printer and publisher, 1919. 276 p. geneal.
tab. map pi. por. 8°
Oilman genealogy. A family history in letters and documents, 1667-1837,
concerning the forefathers of Winthrop Sargent Oilman, and his wife, Abia Swift
Lippincott. Edited with notes by their daughter, Mrs. Charles P. Noyes. Vol.
1. St. Paul, Minn., privately printed, 1919. 11+352 p. fcsm. pi. por. 8°
Gilman genealogy. A family history in letters and documents, 1667-1837,
concerning the forefathers of Winthrop Sargent Gilman, and his wife, Abia Swift
Lippincott. Edited with notes by their daughter, Mrs. Charles P. Noyes. Vol.
2. St. Paul, Minn., privately printed, 1919. 7+353—692 p. por. 8°
Huffmaster genealogy. [Huffmaster genealogy.] Poetic productions of my
old age. By James T. Huffmaster, Galveston, Texas, 1920. n. p. il. por. 8°
Sherman genealogy. Sherman genealogy, including families of Essex, Suffolk
and Norfolk, England, some descendants of the immigrants Capt. John Sherman,
Rev. John Sherman, Edmund Sherman, and Samuel Sherman, and the descend-
ants of Hon. Roger Sherman and Hon. Charles R. Sherman. By Thomas Town-
send Sherman. New York, Tobias A[lexander] Wright, printer and publisher,
1920. 16+473+[l] p. fcsm. pi. por. 8°
Wildes genealogy. The Wildes family of Burlington Co., New Jersey. By
Charles Shepard. Albany, N. Y., 1920. Chart.
Corrections to this chart and additional information about this or any Wild, Wilde, Wilds, or
Wildes family will be greatly appreciated by the author. Wanted, especially, the ancestry of
Abraham Wild, Margaret Welch, and Ann Tilton. Address Charles Shepard, P. O. Box 261,
Burlington, N. J.
Wing genealogy. The Owl. Vol. 20, nos. 1-4, 1918 and 1919. Kewaunee,
Wis., published by the Wing Family of America, incorporated, 1918. 4°
BIOGRAPHICAL
Dickinson, Rev. Austin and Rev. Baxter, biography. Centennial biographies.
Two Amherst Dickinsons. Rev. Austin Dickinson, A. M., Rev. Baxter Dickin-
son, D. D. By Austin Baxter Keep. n. p. 1920. 8 p. por. 8° Reprinted
from The Amherst Graduates Quarterly, no. 35, May, 1920.
HISTORICAL
(a) General
Connecticut, register and manual. State of Connecticut. Register and man-
ual, 1920. Prepared by the Secretary. Hartford, published by the State, 1920.
668 p. map pi. 12°
Illinois, history. The centennial history of Illinois, vol 5. The modern com-
monwealth, 1893-1918. By Ernest Ludlow Bogart and John Mabry Mathews.
Springfield, published by the Illinois Centennial Commission, 1920. 544 p.
fcsm. map pi. por. 8°
Massachusetts, Court, General. General acts passed by the General Court
of Massachusetts, in the year 1919, together with the constitution, list of officers
of the civil government, tables showing changes in the general statutes, etc., etc.
Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Boston, Wright & Potter
Printing Co., 1919. 106 + 1024 p. 8°
242 Recent Books [July]
Massachusetts, Court, General. Special acts and resolves passed by the Gen-
eral Court of Massachusetts, in the year 1919. Published by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth. Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1919. 413 p. 8°
Massachusetts, record commissioner. Thirty-second report of the commis-
sioner of public records, for the year 1919. By Frank S. Perkins, commissioner.
Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1920. 8 p. 8°
New England, turnpikes. The turnpikes of New England and evolution of
the same through England, Virginia, and Maryland. By Frederic J[ames] Wood.
Boston, Marshall Jones Co., 1919. 17+461 p. pi. map 4° Price SIO net.
(6) Local
Hartford, Conn., Aetna Insurance Company, history. One hundred years of
fire insurance; being a history of the ^Etna Insurance Company, Hartford,
Conn., 1819-1919. By Henry R. Gall and William George Jordan. Hartford,
Conn., published by the ^tna Insurance Company, 1919. 260 p. fcsm. pi.
por. 8°
Henniker, N. H., Congregational Church. 1769-1919. One hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the Congregational church, Henniker, N. H., June 7th
and 8th, 1919. Manchester, N. H., Williams Printing Co., n. d. 88 p. 8°. Price
50 cents. Address the Clerk of the Congregational Church, Henniker, N. H.
Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., history. Additions and corrections for the
old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., supplemental to those ending on
page 1037, vol. 3. By David W[ebster] Hoyt. Providence, R. I., 1919. p. 1057-
1097, 8°. Price $1.00. Address the author, 40 Humboldt Ave., Providence,
R. I. Copies of vols. 1, 2, and 3 can still be obtained at the original prices, though
but few copies of vol. 1 remain. The prices are: vol. 1, S6.00; vol. 2, $6.50; vol.
3, $5.00.
SOCIETIES AND MAGAZINES
Bostonian Society. Proceedings of the Bostonian Society at the annual meet-
ing, January 20, 1920. Boston, Old State House, published by order of the Soci-
ety, 1920. 57 p. fcsm. por. 8°
Mississippi Historical Society. Publications of the Mississippi Historical
Society. Edited by Dunbar Rowland, LL. D., secretary. Centenary series,
vol. 3. Jackson, Miss., printed for the Society, Hederman Bros., 1919. 278 -h[l]
p. map 8°
Newport Historical Society Bulletin. Bulletin of the Newport Historical
Society. Nos. 27, 28, 29, and 30. Newport, R. I., 1918, 1919. 8°
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Massachusetts. Massachu-
setts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Roll of membership, with
ancestral records. Proceedings of the Society and board of managers, charter,
constitution and by-laws. Published by the Society, 1920. 191 +[1] p. pi. por.
8°
Western Reserve Historical Society. Publication no. 101. Collections. The
W^estern Reserve Historical Society. Issued January, 1920. The Western
Reserve and the Fugitive Slave Law, a prelude to the Civil W^ar. By William C.
Cochran, LL. D. 'Cleveland, Ohio, 1920. 235 p. por. 8°
MISCELLANEOUS
Time telling, history. Time telling through the ages. By Harry C. Brearley.
New York, 1919, published by Doubleday, Page & Co., for Robert H. Ingersoll
& Bro., 1919. 294 p. il. pi. por. 8°
[xxvii]
Owing to the large number of letters received by the oncers of the New England
storic Genealogical Society, asking for genealogical or other information, to answer
lich satisfactorily would in many cases require extended investigations, it has
come impossible for them to give personal attention to such inquiries, nor is
practicable to refer these letters to any of the assistants in the employ of the
ciety, because their time is occupied fully by their regular duties. The officers,
wever, are glad to help those seeking information by calling attention to the expert
rvices of the genealogists, book dealers, printers and publishers, engravers and
otographers, manufajcturers of paper, etc., who advertise in the following pages,
juirers should make their own business arrangements with those whose names are
'en below, as the Society assumes NO responsibility in the matter.
DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
LAWRENCE BRAINERD
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
aealogist
search Work
Family Trees Prepared
Terms on Application
VILLIAM BRADFORD BROWNE
Box 432, North Adams, Mass.
TjEstorical and genealogical research, especially
Northern Berkshire and Eastern New York,
ge collection of data from Plymouth and Bris-
Counties and Northern Rhode Island,
his is the year to prove your Mayflower lineage.
lORGE WALTER CHAMBERLAIN
29 Hillside Avenue, Maiden, Mass.
Will compile and edit Genealogies
at reasonable rates
Try him
REBECCA DODD
14 Wales Street, Dorchester, Mass.
Genealogist
LUCIA RUSSELL FELLOWS
30 U Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Summer Address: Ellsworth, Me.
Specialist in migrations from New England
Families Traced Genealogies prepared
VIRGINIA HALL
19 West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass.
MRS. MARY LOVERING HOLMAN
39 Winsor Avenue, Watertown, Mass.
Genealogist
Twenty years experience
MRS. WILLIAM S. KELSEY
52 Allston Heights, AUston District,
Boston, Mass.
GENEALOGIST
Connecticut Research a Specialty
MRS. FRANK B. KINGSBURY
Surry Road, Keene, N. H.
Research work connected with Acworth, Alstead,
Sullivan, Walpole, Surry, Westmoreland, Keene,
and other towns in Cheshire County, N. H.
Probate and Land Records copied
CHARLES THORNTON LIBBY
Portland, Me., U. S. A.
Baffling genealogical problems solicited. Manu-
scripts edited to guard against spurious or not
proven descents. Too often a man of means un-
consciously provides financial backing for mere
family camouflage.
MRS. JESSIE A. PORTER
95 Euclid Avenue, Springfield, Mass.
Records of Western Massachusetts and Connect-
icut: Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield, North
Adams, Pittsfield, Great Barrington, and Hart-
ford, examined.
FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR
Middletown, Conn.
Connecticut Research a Specialty
Has genealogical notes on the families of
Ancient Middletown and copies of over
ii,ooo gravestone inscriptions in
Middlesex County
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DIRECTORY OF GENEALOGISTS
I
!b
CHARLES M. THATCHER
Middleborough, Mass.
Town, County, or State Records. Wills and Deeds
searched for genealogy
Has copied over 18,000 cemetery inscriptions
in Plymouth County
MISS EDITH MAY TILLEY
Newport, R. I.
MRS. SUSAN COTTON TUFT*
9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
GENEALOGIST
Former Genealogist of the Massachusetts
Society of Colonial Dames
FLORENCE E. YOUNGS
5 West 16th Street, New York, N. Y.
Specialist in migrations from New Englai
Large collection of unprinted American and
European records. Annual trips abroad
ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
MRS. ELIZABETH (FRENCH) BARTLEXT
Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Searcher for the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 1908-1917, has resumed work in England for private clients only.
Valuable MS. Collections regarding English Homes of American Settlers (hitherto unknown) , List
Passengers to New England (1635-1637), Colonial Soldiers, and Prisoners in theWarof 1812 — all unpru
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON 118 CHANCERY LANE, LONE
J. GARDNER BARXLEXX
Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
Expert Specialist on English Ancestry of Early Settlers of New England
9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, and 118 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
Author of Coe, Newberry, Talbot, Hill, Wilson, Jones, Belcher, and Stone geneaioj
MR. XHOS. M. BLAGG
(Life Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Honorary General Editor of the "Index Library" (British Record Society), and Chief Editor of Ph
more's Parish Register Series, undertakes searches for Private Clients in London,
the Provinces, Scotland, Ireland, and elsewhere
Specialties: English Parish Registers and Provincial Probate Courts
120 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
DEALERS IN GENEALOGICAL BOOKS
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HON. SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN, A.M., M.D., LL.D.
By G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., A. M., LL. B., of Newport, R. I.
By the death of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green, which occurred in Bos-
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1858 and was transferred to life membership in 1870.
On both his father's and his mother's side Dr. Green descended
from old Massachusetts stock. His immigrant ancestors of the
Green family, PercivaP and Ellen Green, came to New England in
the Susan and Ellen in 1635, each aged thirty-two years, and settled
at Cambridge. Their son, John^ Green of Cambridge, who was
born in June 1636 and died 3 March 1690/1, married Ruth, daughter
of Edward Mitchelson, marshal general of the Colony, and suc-
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Joseph^ Green, who was born 24 November 1675 and died 26 Novem-
ber 1715, was graduated at Harvard in 1695, married EHzabeth,
daughter of Rev. Joseph Gerrish of Wenham, Mass., and was long
settled over the church at Salem Village, now Danvers, Mass. His
son, Joseph,^ who was born 12 December 1703 and died 1 July 1765,
was a Boston merchant, resided on Hanover Street, and upheld the
Colonists in their incipient disputes with the mother country. He
married Anna, daughter of Joshua Peirce of Portsmouth, N. H. Their
son, Joshua^ Green, born 17 May 1731, was graduated at Harvard
in 1749, and married Hannah, daughter of Ebenezer Storer. He,
too, was a merchant, and in later life removed to Wendell, Mass.,
the home of his only son, where he died 25 July 1806. This only-
son, Joshua,^ who was born in Boston 5 October 1764 and died at
Wendell 16 June 1847, was graduated at Harvard in 1784, resided
in Wendell, and was a judge of the County Court. His first wife
was Mary, daughter of David Moseley of Westfield, Mass. Their
son, Joshua^ Green, was born at Wendell 8 October 1797, was grad-
uated at Harvard in 1818, took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at'
Harvard in 1821, and settled in 1825 at Groton, Mass., where he had
married, in 1824, Eliza Lawrence, daughter of Maj. Samuel and
Susanna (Parker) of Groton. He was elected a corresponding mem-
ber of the New England Historic Genealogical Society 11 July 1849,
VOL. LXXIV. 16
244 Samuel Abbott Green [Oct.
and died at Morristown, N. J., at the home of his daughter, 5 June
1875. In Groton, on 16 March 1830, Samuel Abbott^ Green, fourth
son of Dr. Joshua and EHza (Lawrence), was born.
His early boyhood was passed in his native town, for which he
retained until his death a most devoted affection, showing con-
stantly in a multitude of ways his love for the little New England
hill town where he was accustomed to spend his summers. He
became its faithful historian and a munificent benefactor of its
institutions. He was prepared for college at the Lawrence Academy
in Groton, entered Harvard in 1847, was graduated there with the
Class of 1851, and received the degrees of Master of Arts and Doc-
tor of Medicine from the same institution in 1854. He continued
his professional studies in Paris, and, after spending four years
abroad, began the practice of medicine in Boston.
Already in May 1858 Dr. Green had become surgeon in the Sec-
ond Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, and at the commence-
ment of the Civil War he was one of the first to offer his services in
behalf of his country. On 25 May 1861 he was commissioned as-
sistant surgeon of the First Massachusetts Volunteers. In Septem-
ber of that year he was promoted to be surgeon of the Twenty-
fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, and at intervals, up to Novem-
ber 1864, he served on the staffs of Generals Stevenson, Foster,
Hawley, Terry, and Kautz. At the time of the Burnside expedition
against Roanoke Island he was in charge of the hospital ship Recruit,
in the spring of 1863 he had charge of the hospital steamer Cosmo-
politan, on the coast of South CaroUna, and during the siege of Fort
Wagner he was chief medical officer at Morris Island. In October
1863 he was sent to Florida, and for six months was post surgeon at
St. Augustine and Jacksonville. Later he was with General Butler
at Bermuda Hundred. He was brevetted Heutenant colonel of Vol-
unteers for gallant and distinguished services in the field during the
campaign of 1864. From April to July 1865 he was acting staff
surgeon at Richmond, Va., and on 8 July 1865 he resigned from the
service.
Upon the close of the War he returned to Boston and engaged once
more in the practice of his profession, but pubHc Hfe had a great
attraction for him and he gave prodigally of his time and energy in
behalf of the public welfare. For seven years he was superintend-
ent of the Boston Dispensary and for nine years a member of the Bos-
ton School Committee. From 1868 to 1878 he was a trustee of the
Boston Public Library, and served for one year as acting librarian.
From 1871 to 1881 he was city physician, and in 1882 his splendid
pubHc spirit and abiHty were rewarded by his fellow citizens, who
chose him mayor of Boston, at a time when such office was a cov-
eted honor. From 1869 to 1880, and again from 1882 to 1900, he
was an overseer of Harvard University. He also served on the
State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity. In 1896 the Univer-
sity of Nashville conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws.
Dr. Green never married. As a physician he was unwearied in liis
labor and in his devotion to his noble profession, and his keen love
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of human nature and his sympathy for all mankind brought him
closely into touch with all sorts and conditions of people, who deeply
interested him. With his broad sympathies and democratic tastes
he came to know all kinds of people, and his love for them was re-
warded by their love for him. Indeed, the most characteristic
things about Dr. Green were his wide sympathies, his broad vision,
and his great fund of true kindness, which, although often hidden
under a gruffness of manner, any reader of character could not fail
to perceive and love. It was this human quality, this interest in all
mankind, its struggles and aspirations, which made him truly ad-
mired and beloved by all who understood him.
Perhaps the most outstanding feature of his life was his love of
early New England history and especially of his native town of Grot-
on, the Colonial history of which was enriched by numerous histor-
ical monographs from his pen, compiled with that painstaking accu-
racy that denoted a labor of love. He was librarian of the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society from 1868 until his death, and his later
years were given exclusively to his work there. During these years
he was the principal figure at the Society's rooms, where he ruled
as a beneficent despot, and his picturesque and kindly personality
permeated the entire atfnosphere of that institution.
My personal acquaintance with Dr. Green dated from the last years
of his life, when, after I had returned from a protracted stay abroad,
our common interest in historical and genealogical matters drew us
together. I discovered that in his youth Dr. Green had studied
under my grandfather, the late Dr. John Moseley Moriarty, then
port physician of Boston, and kindly recollections of my grand-
father served me in good stead in winning my way into his good
graces. I shall never forget going to call upon him at the building
of the Massachusetts Historical Society one day in the early spring
and finding him enthroned in state in his library. The Doctor's
eyesight was somewhat impaired and he did not know me; conse-
quently my reception was somewhat gruff and a little forbidding.
Then suddenly he knew me. I shall never forget the change that
passed over his face. It was like passing from an impending storm
into full sunshine. ^'Come right here and sit down," he cried, and
presently he had his whole staff running about to unearth his vari-
ous monographs upon Groton, all of which he presented to me with
his autograph, and we passed the entire afternoon delightfully dis-
cussing the early Colonial days. This little incident, I have always
felt, was typical of his character — the external gruffness towards
strangers, the keen human sympathy underneath, and the quick
response to one who understood him. He is gone; and I always
like to remember him as he was that afternoon, ruling over his library
with a firm but kindly hand, and with a heart glowing with fine
humanities and vital human interest.
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[Oct.
RECORDS OF THE SECOND CHURCH
OF BERWICK, ME., 1755-1857
Copied by Mrs. Marietta Frances (Stacy) Hilton of Belmont, Mass.
[Concluded from page 230]
[Baptisms of Females, continued]
Oct. 23, 1782 Mary dau. of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Oct. 23, 1782 Rachel dau. of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Oct. 23, 1782 Sarah dau. of WiUiam & Dorcas Gubtail.
Oct. 23, 1782 Dorcas dau. of William & Dorcas Gubtail.
Oct. 23, 1782 Molly dau. of William & Dorcas Gubtail.
Oct. 23, 1782 Alley dau. of William & Dorcas Gubtail.
Nov. 13, 1782 Jerusha dau. of John & Jerusha Hanscom.
Feb. 4, 1783 Sarah dau. of John & Susanna Murray, offered by her.
Feb. 4, 1783 Susanna dau. of John & Susanna Murray, offered by her.
Feb. 9, 1783 Persis dau. of Matthew & EHzabeth Merriam.
Feb. 11, 1783 Sophia dau. of WiUiam & Elizabeth Frost.
Mar. 31, 1783 Abigail Hanson, adult, baptized on profession.
July 12, 1783 Hannah Herrick, dau. of Joshua & Abigail Smith.
July 21, 1783 Hannah dau. of Joshua & Judith Grant.
Aug. 27, 1783 Ollive dau. of Humphrey & OUive Lord.
June 2, 1784 Sarah, dau. of Joseph & Lydia Chick.
June 3, 1784 Mary dau. of Richard & Hannah Whidden.
June 15, 1784 Molly dau. of George & Molly Rogers.
Mar. 16, 1785 Temperance dau. of Joseph & Elizabeth Brewster.
Mar. 16, 1785 Nancy dau. of Joseph & Elizabeth Brewster.
May 3, 1785 Margaret dau. of Samuel & Margaret Hooper.
July 14, 1785 Mary dau. of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail, offered by her.
July 14, 1785 Betty dau. of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
July 14, 1785 Sarah dau. of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
July 14, 1785 Olive dau. of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
July 20, 1785 Love, dau. of Humphrey & Olive Lord.
July 2, 1786 Joanna dau. of Jonathan & Joanna Ross.
Aug. 30, 1786 Hannah dau. of John & Molly Abbott.
Aug. 30, 1786 Dorcas dau. of John & Molly Abbott.
Aug. 30, 1786 Esther dau. of John & Molly Abbott.
Aug. 30, 1786 Dolly dau. of John & Molly Abbott.
Sept. 15, 1786 Abigail dau. of Charles & Sarah Libbey.
Oct. 16, 1786 Lois dau. of Moses & Kezia Butler.
Oct. 26, 1786 Phebe dau. of John & Mary Witherill.
Oct. 26, 1786 Dorcas dau. of Nathaniel & Hannah Gubtail.
Jan. 1, 1787 Johanna dau. of Elisha & Johanna Andrews.
Jan. 1, 1787 Anna dau. of Elisha & Johanna Andrews.
Mar. 25, 1787 Olive dau. of Benjamin & Mary Gubtail.
Apr. 15, 1787 Jane dau. of John & Jane Brock.
June 17, 1787 Betsey dau. of Samuel & Abigail Clark.
Nov. 4, 1787 Mary dau. of Daniel & Elizabeth Emery.
Feb. 4, 1788 Patty dau. of Joseph & Lydia Chick.
July 20, 1788 EHzabeth dau. of Nathaniel & Hannah Guptill.
Oct. 27, 1788 Experience dau. of Charles & Sarah Libbey.
Apr. 7, 1789 Sarah dau. of Elisha & Johanna Andrews.
Aug. 23, 1789 Anna dau. of Moses & Sarah Guptell.
Sept. 10, 1789 Mercy, dau. of Aaron & Mary Chick.
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25
1789
25
1789
25
1789
1
1789
23
1790
24
1790
24
1790
23
1790
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1790
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1790
24
1790
24
1790
24
1790
24
1790
24
1790
24
1790
25
1790
25
1790
3
1790
31
, 1791
9
1791
14
1791
12
1791
7
1792
7
1792
11
1793
11
1793
2
1794
2
1794
20
, 1794
14
1795
26
1795
18
1796
14
1796
14
1796
18
1800
27
1802
24
1805
21
1811
30
1813
20
1810
20,
1810
18
1815
20
1816
20
1816
20
1816
20
1816
12
1818
12
1818
12
1818
12
, 1818
12
, 1818
12
, 1818
12
, 1818
Shuah dau. of Widow Hannah Clements.
Sarah Chadbourne dau. of Widow Hannah Clements.
Mary dau. of Widow Hannah Clements.
Love dau. of Benjamin & Mary Guptell.
Love dau. of & Walker of Waterboro.
Phebe dau. of Jabez & Mary Ricker.
Mehetable dau. of
Kilham of No. Sanford.
&
Joanna dau. of Paul & Joanna Chadbourne.
Dorcas dau. of Simeon & Elizabeth Chadbourne of Cox-
Hall.
Lucy dau. of Jeremiah & Lucy Roberts.
Hannah dau. of Andrew & Rhoda Burley of Waterboro.
Lucy dau. of Andre v/ & Rhoda Burley of Waterboro.
Abigail dau. of Andrew & Rhoda Burley of Waterboro.
Mary dau. of Andrew & Rhoda Burley of Waterboro.
Deliverance dau. of Thomas & Sarah Williams of Sanford.
Abigail dau. of Thomas & Sarah Williams of Sanford.
Abigail dau. of Samuel & Jones of Waterboro.
Elizabeth dau. of Daniel & Elizabeth Emery.
Lydia dau. of William & Dorcas Guptill.
Hannah dau. of Benjamin & Lydia Adams.
Dorcas dau. of Moses & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Sarah dau. of Moses & Sarah Guptell.
Betsey dau. of Joseph & Remick of Shapleigh.
Phebe Hobbs dau. of Humphrey & Elizabeth Chadbourne.
Abigail dau. of Richard & Staple.
Lydia dau. of Nathaniel & Elleanor Libbey.
Eunice dau. of Humphrey & Olive Lord.
Elizabeth dau. of William & Dorcas Guptell.
Anna dau. of William & Dorcas Guptell.
Elleanor dau. of Abel & Elleanor Thompson.
Elizabeth dau. of Joseph & Lydia Chick. •
Bridget dau. of John & Mary Witherill.
Sarah dau. of William & Sarah Staple.
Elizabeth dau. of Gideon & Susanna Staple.
Hannah dau. of Gideon & Susanna Staple.
Julia dau. of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard.
Elizabeth Lee dau. of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard.
Mary dau. of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard.
Atte Gray dau. of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard.
Hannah dau. of Joseph & Sarah Hilliard.
Katherine Sophia dau. of Joseph & Katherine Savage.
Jane Cooper Demetrius [sic] dau. of Joseph & Katherine
Savage.
Ann Thompson dau. of Samuel & Ann Goodwin.
Joanna dau. of Jonathan & Betsey Goodwin.
Mary dau. of Jonathan & Betsey Goodwin.
Olive Eliza dau. of Jonathan & Betsey Goodwin.
Nancy dau. of Jonathan & Betsey Goodwin.
Olive dau. of & Merrow.
Abigail dau. of & Merrow.
Lydia dau. of & Merrow.
Elizabeth dau. of & Merrow.
Merrow.
Merrow.
Nancy dau. of & —
Susanna dau. of &
Olive dau. of Mark &
Libbey.
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Apr. 12, 1818 Elizabeth dau. of Mark & Libbey.
July 1, 1822 Mary Brock dau. of Betsey Frost.
July 1, 1822 Sarah Elizabeth dau. of Deborah Burleigh.
Marriages recorded by the Rev. Mr. John Morse, first Pastor of Church
in Berwick, Me.
May 1, 1755 Benjamin Barrows with Mary Smith.
Aug. 11, 1755 Benjamin Jones with Elizabeth White.
Dec. 3, 1755 Joshua Brackett & Ann Libbey.
Jan. 4, 1756 Joseph Abbott & EUeanor Morrill.
Jan. 15, 1756 John Hasty & Deliverance Page.
Jan. 19, 1756 Joseph Wentworth & Eunice Shorey.
Mar. 9, 1756 Joseph Hodsden & Mary Guptell.
Mar. 17, 1756 Foxwell Curtis Cutts & Mary Goodwin.
Mar. 24, 1756 Ephraim Hanson & Margaret Lord.
Apr. 15, 1756 Samuel Emery & Abigail Shackleve.
May 24, 1756 Ichabod Stacy & Lydia Guptell.
June 5, 1756 Moses Abbot & EUzabeth Kilgore.
June 7, 1756 James Lord & Mary Chick.
June 20, 1756 Ithamar Beedle & Mary Thurrell.
June 28, 1756 Joshua Ricker & Betty Drew.
Aug. 6, 1756 James Warren & Elizabeth Hasty.
Aug. 13, 1756 John Allen & Sarah Abbott.
Sept. 9, 1756 Thomas Shorey, Jr., & Alice Hardison, Jr.
Sept. 30, 1756 John Kilgore & Elizabeth Brackett.
Sept. 30, 1756 Charles Butler & Sarah Coss.
Oct. 27, 1756 Jacob Shorey with Hannah Coss.
Nov. 9, 1756 Stephen Hardison, Jr., with Hannah Scammon.
Dec. 2, 1756 Thomas Hardison with Mary Chadbourne.
Jan. 27, 1757 Solomon Hamilton with Sarah Keay.
Mar. 9, 1757 Stephen Perkins with Sarah Hamilton.
Aug. 14, 1757 Henry Drosse with Mary Rowe.
Dec. 22, 1757 William Morrel with Hannah Hobbs.
Dec. 29, 1757 Jona Hamilton with. Charity Keay.
Feb. 9, 1758 John Butler with EUzabeth Pray.
Mar. 30, 1758 Samuel Faul with Joanna Bickford.
Apr. 12, 1758 Alexander Gerrish with Sarah Clark.
Apr. 13, 1758 Moses Bickford with Susanna Kenney.
Apr. 30, 1758 Shipaway Goodwin with Lydia Lord.
May 11, 1758 Daniel Tibbetts with Martha Downs.
Oct. 25, 1758 Nathaniel Hardison with Charity Shorey.
Jan. 25, 1759 Thomas Hobbs, Jr., with Mary Abbott.
Feb. 5, 1759 Richard Yeaton mth Experience Pray.
May 31, 1759 Thomas Abbot wdth Deliverance Goodwin.
Aug. 1, 1759 Samuel Hooper, Jr., with Peggey Guptell.
Nov. 5, 1759 Tristram Fall, Jr., with Martha Pray.
Jan. 21, 1760 James Guptell with Mary Stone.
Jan. 21, 1760 Paul Wentworth with Hannah Smith.
Mar. 13, 1760 Benjamin Libbey with Elizabeth Smith.
Apr. 3, 1760 Jabez Tebbetts with Lucy Weymouth.
Dec. 8, 1760 Jeremiah Goodwin with Lydia Thompson.
Dec. 8, 1760 Samuel Holmes with Sarah Furbish.
Feb. 25, 1761 John Pugsley with Mary Gray.
Feb. 25, 1761 William Lord with Dorcas Grant.
Mar. 5, 1761 John White with Mary Gerrish.
Apr. 22, 1761 Stephen Libbey with AUce Guptell.
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May
14
1761
July
16
1761
Nov.
19
1761
Nov.
26
1761
Dec.
17
1761
June
17
1762
July
29
1762
Sept.
2
1762
Mar.
24
1763
June
21
, 1763
June
23
, 1763
Sept.
12
1763
Nov.
3
1763
Nov.
17
1763
Nov.
23
1763
Nov.
23
1763
Dec.
8
1763
Dec.
15
1763
Dec.
22
1763
Jan.
5
1764
Feb.
16,
1764
May
1764
Jabez Ricker with Mary Went worth.
Thomas Goodwin, tertius, with Eunice Lord.
Moses Weymouth with Love Pray.
Henry Rines, Jr., with Mary FauL
Joseph Ricker with Mary May.
John Stone with Abigail Libbey.
Samuel Jellison with Sarah Lord.
James Hasty with Olive Thompson.
Ichabod Hayes with Sarah Hamilton.
Zebulon Libby with Sarah Brackett.
Jonathan Keen with Mary Goodwin.
WilUam Pray with Rachel Grant.
Miles Shorey with Elizabeth McCaUey.
Moses Nason with Lucy Tebbetts.
Jacob Hodsdon with Mary Chadbourne.
John Ford with Ehzabeth Abbott.
Jesse Thompson with Jane Heirl.
Aaron Chick, Jr., with Mary Keays.
Thomas Barnes with Naomi Thompson.
Samuel Furbish with Sarah Guptell.
Nathaniel Guptell with Sarah Lewis.
William Shorey with Judith Faul.
Note the preceeding marriages are transcribed from the Records of the
Rev. John Morse.
Marriages solemnized by Matthew Merriam, second pastor of the Second
Church in Berwick, Me.
William Thompson with Elizabeth Tuttle.
John Cass with Mary Furnass.
Jacob Lord with Mary Clark.
Nathaniel Guptell, Jr., with Hannah Keays.
Samuel Wentworth, Jr., with Lydia Gowel.
James Hodsdon with Sarah Ross.
Robert Ford with Sarah Abbott.
Bryant Morton with Love Frost.
Jeremiah Lord with Grizzel Grant.
John Thurston with Martha Shorey.
John Keays, tertius, with Mehitable Early.
John Griff en with Hannah Gerrish.
James Roberts with Martha Woodsum.
Moses Austen with Elizabeth Clark.
Elisha Andrews, Jr., with Joanna Pray.
Paul Stone, Jr., with Ehzabeth Mills.
Joseph Ricker, Jr., with Deborah Wentworth.
Reuben Jones with Mary Nock.
Theophilus Hardy with Mary Sullivan.
Joseph Welch with Elizabeth Nason.
Joshua Downs with Hannah Nock.
James Shorey with Eunice Faul.
Benjamin Pierce with Lydia Jones.
Benjamin Heard with Molly Andrews.
Joseph Goodrich with Hannah Grant.
Joshua Goodrich with Allice Stone.
Samuel Grant with Nabby Jones.
Edmund Weymouth with Anna Smith.
Stephen Pray with Meribah Guptell.
Mar.
5
1766
Apr.
10
1766
Sept.
2
1766
Oct.
23
1766
Oct.
23
1766
Dec.
19
1766
Dec.
26
, 1766
Dec.
30
, 1766
Jan.
21,
1767
Apr.
9,
1767
Apr.
9,
1767
May
18,
1767
July
9,
1767
Aug.
6,
1767
Aug.
13,
1767
Nov.
1,
1767
Dec.
17,
1767
Jan.
11;
1768
May
4,
1768
May
5,
1768
May
5
1768
June
27,
1768
Aug.
18
1768
Sept.
8
1768
Sept.
18
1768
Sept.
18,
1768
Sept.
20,
1768
Jan.
19,
1769
Mar.
23,
1769
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Ebenezer Lord, Jr., with Sarah Horsum.
Ebenezer Guptell with Sarah Jelhson.
Joseph Quint with Dorothy Pray.
Thomas Goodwin with Mehetable Goodwin.
Stephen Weymouth with Ohve Heirl.
Lemuel Worster with Mercy Woodsum.
John Murray, Jr., with Susanna Goodwin.
Paul Chadbourne with Joanna Yeaton.
James Frost with Dorcas Tebbetts.
Jonathan Goodwin with Elizabeth Clark.
Jonathan Horsum with Mary Sherburne.
William Ford with Elizabeth Ricker.
Mark Frost with Hannah Horsum.
Ezekiel Wentworth, Jr., with Betty Pike.
John Gowel with Sarah Nock.
Thomas Jellison with Lucy Frost.
Joseph Hubbard, Jr., with Honour Roberts.
Moses Nock with Sally Gowel.
John Hamilton with Mary Weymouth.
Ebenezer Libbey with Elizabeth Quint.
John Horsum, Jr., with Margaret Frost.
Stephen Abbot with Elizabeth Scruton.
Jonathan Hamilton, Jr., with Mary Manning.
Daniel Goodwin, Jr., with Sarah Hobbs.
James Downs with Mary Keay.
Isaac Furbish with Keziah Abbott.
Benjamin Hamilton, Jr., with Judith Ricker.
Samuel Jones with Anna Frost.
Joshua Grant with Judith Faul.
Noah Lord with Keziah Bracket.
Jedediah Downs with Mary Lord.
Samuel Worster, Jr., with Sally Jones.
Zechariah Nock, 3rd, with Jane Larey.
Tobias Cole with Mary Gray.
Eliphalet Ricker with Abigail Pike.
Jonathan Ross with Joanna Ricker.
Jedediah Wentworth with Eunice Clark.
Nicholas Wentworth with Patience Wentworth.
Joseph Chadbourne, Jr., with Martha Hamilton.
Moses Patty with Mehitable Low, both of Sanford.
James Maston Randall with Deborah Hamilton.
Daniel Libbey, Jr., with Lois Wentworth.
Jonathan Stevens with Patience Austin.
Tristram Heard, Jr., with Anna Wentworth.
Levi Ricker with Abigail Weymouth.
Humphrey Lord with Olive Hill.
Peter Stillings with Hannah Hanscum.
Nathan Hodsdon with Mary Barrows.
Daniel Gray with Patience Hamilton.
Samuel Dennet with Deborah Ricker.
Thomas Nock with Sarah Scates.
Thomas Hodsdon, 3rd, with Molly Gowel.
Isaac Morrill with Joanna Chadbourne.
Timothy Staple with Rachel Morrill.
Job Winchell with Sarah Hobbs.
Charles Libbey, Jr., with Sarah Pray.
Apr.
6,
1769
May
16,
1769
May
18,
1769
Aug.
17,
1769
Nov.
16,
1769
Dec.
12,
1769
Feb.
16,
1770
Apr.
26,
1770
May
3,
1770
July
2,
1770
Aug.
9,
1770
Sept.
6,
1770
Sept.
25,
1770
Oct.
4,
1770
Oct.
29,
1770
Nov.
6,
1770
Nov.
8,
1770
Nov.
20,
1770
Dec.
5,
1770
Dec.
10,
1770
Dec.
27,
1770
Dec.
27,
1770
Feb.
8,
1771
Feb.
13,
1771
Feb.
14,
1771
Mar.
18,
1771
Mar.
28,
1771
Apr.
1,
1771
Apr.
25,
1771
Apr.
29,
1771
May
2,
1771
June
20,
1771
June
25,
1771
July
4,
1771
July
25,
1771
Aug.
1,
1771
Aug.
8,
1771
Sep.
9,
1771
Sep.
12,
1771
Oct.
1,
1771
Oct.
8,
1771
Oct.
31,
1771
Nov.
21,
1771
Jan.
27,
1772
Feb.
13,
1772
Feb.
13,
1772
Feb.
24,
1772
Mar.
26,
1772
Apr.
16,
1772
Apr.
17,
1772
Apr.
26,
1772
Apr.
30,
1772
May
28,
1772
June
25,
1772
July
8,
1772
July
16,
1772
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30
1772
11
1772
28
1772
4
1773
13
1773
15
1773
26
1773
30
1773
23
1773
27
1773
12
1773
23
1773
29
1773
4
1773
4
1773
23
1773
3
1773
21
1773
23
1773
23
1773
23
1773
23
1773
15
1774
20
1774
28,
1774
19
1774
16
1774
7
1774
15
1774
1
1774
15
1774
29
1774
27
1774
27
1774
3
1774
10
1774
30,
1774
1
1774
5
1774
15
1774
19
1775
26
1775
31
1775
20
1775
25
1775
1
1775
27
1775
27
1775
21
1775
19
1775
24
1775
29
1775
Benjamin Shorey with Tampson Tebbetts.
Samuel Murray with Margaret Kilgore.
John Brown, Jr., with Patience Lord.
WiUiam Guptil with Dorcas Stone.
Joseph Holmes with Abigail Goodwin.
John Keay, ye 4th, with Betty Wentworth.
James Gerrish with Mary Abbot.
Jonathan Stone with Eunice Guptell.
Paul Brown of Somersworth with Lydia Lord of Berwick.
Stephen Libby with Hannah Young, both of Berwick.
William Joy with Martha Whittier, both of Berwick.
Thomas Goodwin with Hannah Hodsdon, both of Berwick.
Joseph Lord, Jr., with Hannah Kilgore, both of Berwick.
Joseph Goodwin, Jr., with Sarah Prichard, both of Berwick.
John Chick of Kittery with Sarah Randal of Berwick.
John Grant with Agnes Reed, both of Berwick.
Daniel Thurston with Molly Stillings, both of Berwick.
John Smith, Jr., with Mercy Wentworth, both of Berwick.
Benjamin Lord, Jr., with Molly Pierce, both of Berwick.
John Libby with Sarah Woodsum, both of Berwick.
Joshua Hanson with Abigail Millar, both of Berwick.
James Bracket, Jr., with Anna Stillins, both of Berwick.
Eliphalet Pray with Mary Guptell.
Gideon Staples of York with Susanna Staple of Berwick.
Thomas Stevens of Lebanon with Molly Stanton of Berwick.
Elisha Goodwin, Jr., with Lucy Avery, both of Berwick.
John Brawn, ye 3rd, with Anna Weymouth, both of Berwick.
Ebenezer Paul with Mary McCrelis, both of Berwick.
Joseph Roberts with Betty Heard, both of Berwick.
Simon Lord with Molly Horsum, both of Berwick.
Benjamin Gowell with Susanna Pike, both of Berwick.
Drisko Nock with Margaret Lord, both of Berwick.
John Yeaton with Molly Jones, both of Berwick.
John Chadbourne of Sanford • with Elizabeth Grant of
Berwick.
Hugh Ross, Jr., with Mary Libbey, both of Berwick.
Daniel Bracket with Mary Andrews, both of Berwick.
Richard Yeaton with Amey Bracket, both of Berwick.
William Downs, Jr., & Mercy Nock, both of Berwick.
Gideon Stone with Mary Mills, both of Berwick.
Samuel Ricker with Sarah Joy, both of Berwick.
Jonathan Walker with Elizabeth Weymouth, both of
Berwick.
John Holmes with Dorcas Weymouth, both of Berwick.
Miles Bracket with Lydia Keay, both of Berwick.
Nathaniel Austin with Lydia Downs, both of Berwick,
Eliphalet Jones with Ruth Roberts, both of Berwick.
Aaron Clements with Sarah Mills, both of Berwick.
Nathan Nock with Mary Bracket, both of Berwick.
John Tucker, Jun., with Betty Keay, both of Berwick.
Samuel Stillings with Alice Hodsdon, both of Berwick.
Stephen Hodsdon with Elizabeth Wise, both of Berwick.
William Nock of Berwick with Sarah Allen of Somers-
worth.
Freethy Spencer with Sarah Abbott, both of Berwick.
John Plaisted with Martha Lord, both of Berwick.
Dec.
17, 1775
Feb.
8, 1776
Feb.
13, 1776
Feb.
15, 1776
May
2, 1776
May
18, 1776
June
26, 1776
July
1, 1776
July
16, 1776
Aug.
16, 1776
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John Nason, Jun., with Mary Gerrish, both of Berwick.
Moses Pray with Margaret Frost, both of Berwick.
Josiah Clark with Patience Hanson, both of Berwick.
Thomas Grant with Abigail Joy, both of Berwick.
John Twombley of Madbury with Anne Heard of Berwick.
Aaron Stackpole with Olive Hamilton, both of Berwick.
Landress Grant with Love Davies, both of Berwick.
Samuel Parker with Hulda Emery, both of Berwick.
Nicholas Nock with Eunice Nock, both of Berwick.
James Grant, Jun., of Berwick & Tabitha Gunnison of
Kittery.
Sept. 12, 1776 Nathaniel Brackett & Sarah Chadbourn, both of Ber-
wick.
Sept. 19, 1776 Benjamin Kenney and Hannah Nock were joined in
wedlock,
Silas Heard with Mary Bracket, both of Berwick.
Israel Smith of Beseck with Naomi Foye of Berwick.
Peter Pray, Jun., with Sarah Libbey, both of Bermck.
Simon E. Ricker with Mary Hooper, both of Berwick.
Daniel Hubbard with Lucy Ricker, both of Berwick.
Ezekiel Ricker with Mary Hanson, both of Berwick.
Richard Gowen with Elizabeth Reed, both of Berwick.
Scammon Chadbourn with Hannah Guptil.
Samuel Guptell with Abigail Libbej^ both of Berwick.
Tobias Wentworth of Somersworth & Elizabeth Roberts of
Berwick.
Benjamin Libbey with Sarah Hamilton, both of Berwick.
Caleb Ford with Sarah Abbott, both of Berwick.
Richard Hayes with Lydia Watson.
William Cotton Warren of Scarborough & Dorcas Smith
of Berwick.
Francis Chadbourn & Olive Neal.
Nathaniel Wentworth of Middletown & Sarah Nock of
Berwick.
Jonathan Adams of Sanford & Bathsheba Abbot of
Berwick.
Alexander McGeoch with Olive Goodwin, both of Ber-
wick.
Thomas Low of Sanford with Sarah Bracket of Berwick.
Abraham Pugsley, Jun., with Susanna Webber, both of
Berwick.
Jabez Perkins of Wells with Joanna Pray of Berwick.
George Bran of Kittery with Mary Weymouth of Berwick.
Ehsha Lord, Jun., with Molly Hodsdon, both of Berwick.
Jacob Furbish with Ehzabeth Hooper, both of Berwick.
Nathan Libbey with Ruth Shorey, both of Berwick.
Simeon Chadbourn with Katharine Hanscum, both of
Berwick.
Stephen Guptell with Sarah Parsons, both of Berwick.
Darling Huntress, Jun., with Mary Warren, both of Ber-
wick.
Samuel Hubbard with Ehzabeth Nason, both of Berwick.
Morrel Hobbs with Miriam Bracket, both of Berwick.
Joseph Abbott of Berwick with Dorothy Littlefield of Wells.
John Witherill of Lebanon with Mary Gerrish of Berwick.
William Ricker with Amey Hobbs, both of Berwick.
Oct.
10, 1776
Dec.
12, 1776
Jan.
23, 1777
Mar.
6, 1777
Apr.
10, 1777
Apr.
21, 1777
Apr.
28, 1777
May
8, 1777
May
14, 1777
May
15, 1777
May
29, 1777
June
14, 1777
July
17, 1777
July
17, 1777
Aug.
14, 1777
Oct.
7, 1777
Oct.
16, 1777
Nov.
2, 1777
Nov.
6, 1777
Nov.
13, 1777
Dec.
4, 1777
Dec.
11, 1777
Dec.
11, 1777
Jan.
8, 1778
Jan.
12, 1778
Jan.
13, 1778
Jan.
15, 1778
Jan.
15, 1778
Feb.
4, 1778
Feb.
26, 1778
Mar.
10, 1778
Mar.
28, 1778
Apr.
2, 1778
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1778
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10,
1778
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1778
22,
1778
22
1778
22,
1778
27,
1778
5,
1778
24,
1778
30,
1778
31;
1778
24,
1779
25,
1779
28,
1779
1,
1779
24,
1779
25,
1779
1,
1779
4,
1779
11,
1779
21,
1779
25
1779
30,
1779
30
1779
29
1779
20
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10
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4
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5
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7
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11
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16
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25
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12
, 1779
Peter Eastes with Huldah Frost, both of Berwick.
Miles Thompson, Jun., with Esther Furbish, both of Ber-
wick.
Moses Guptell with Sarah Pray.
Stephen Wood with Sarah Lyndes.
Thomas Holmes with Mary Thompson.
Nathan Bracket with Mary Heard.
Peter Grant with Elizabeth Goodwin.
Tristram Heard, Jun., with Elizabeth Hooper.
John Goodrich of Cox-hall & Esther Quint of Berwick.
Ichabod Smith & Amey Jones.
Miles Tompson & Miriam Libby.
Hanson Clark & Sarah Lord.
David Quint & Mary Rynds.
Philip Worster with Anna Kinge.
Jonathan Dana Clark with Phebe Chadbourn. •
Stephen Hardison with Margaret Heirl.
Ephraim Goodwin with Miriam Libbey, both of Berwick.
Ichabod Tibbetts of Dover & Judith Tibbetts of Ber-
wick.
Benjamin Heirl, Jun., with Mary Hardison, both of Ber-
wick.
Simeon Ricker with Sarah Goodwin, both of Berwick.
Nathaniel Guptell with Mary Chadbourn, both of Berwick.
John Gerrish of Berwick with Mary Hardison of Lebanon.
Nathaniel Farnham of Lebanon with Elizabeth Lord of
Berwick.
Samuel Heirl with Anna Wilkinson, both of Berwick.
James Jones with Jane Keay, both of Berwick.
Stephen Andrews with Mary Emery, both of Berwick.
Samuel Goodwin of Lebanon & Sarah Hodsdon of Berwick.
Gideon Johnson of Middletown & Mercy Clark of Berwick.
Francis Brock with Sarah Hodsdon, both of Berwick.
Daniel Smith, Jun., with Eunice Worster, both of Berwick.
Noah Goodwin of Somersworth & Salome Laverdy of
Berwick.
Joseph Spencer & Katharine Mars of Berwick.
Ephraim Grant & Abigail Thurrell, both of Berwick.
Samuel Andrews & Hannah Dunnell, both of Berwick.
Elijah Hamilton & Lydia Joy, both of Berwick.
Aaron Hubbard & Martha Nason, both of Berwick.
Nicholas Lord with Priscilla Jones.
Levi Chadbourn with Martha Hodsdon, both of Berwick.
Daniel Emery of Cox-hall & Elizabeth Brackett of Berwick.
Benjamin Libbey with Polly Heirl, both of Berwick.
Daniel Smith with Sarah Standley, both of Berwick.
William Peirce with Hannah Quint, both of Berwick.
Seth Gatchel with Sarah Grant, both of Berwick.
Ichabod Tibbetts, Jun., with Katharine Jones, both of
Berwick.
Joseph Knight with Thankful Taylor, both of Sanford.
Rish worth Jardine, Jun., of Biddeford & Sarah Hight of
Berwick.
Josiah Brown of Somersworth & Hannah Lord of Berwick.
Simeon Spencer & Lydia Goodwin, both of Berwick.
John Shorey & Mary Kilgore, both of Berwick.
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[Oct.
Dec.
15,
1779
Dec.
16,
1779
Dec.
22,
1779
Jan.
27,
1780
Jan.
27,
1780
Jan.
31,
1780
Feb.
17,
1780
Feb.
27,
1780
Mch.
9,
1780
Mch.
16,
1780
Mch.
16,
1780
Apr.
13,
1780
Apr.
18,
1780
Apr.
20,
1780
May
9,
1780
July
23,
1780
July
23,
1780
Aug.
31,
1780
Sept.
10,
1780
Oct.
5,
1780
Oct.
5,
1780
Oct.
18,
1780
Dec.
6,
1780
Dec.
7,
1780
Dec.
18,
1780
Dec.
20,
1780
Dec.
21,
1780
Jan.
9,
1781
Jan.
30,
1781
Feb.
28,
1781
Mch.
1,
1781
Mch.
6,
1781
Mch.
26,
1781
Apr.
9,
1781
Apr.
26,
1781
May
18,
1781
June
19,
1781
July
4,
1781
July
9,
1781
July
18,
1781
Aug.
23,
1781
Aug.
26,
1781
Sept.
12,
1781
Sept.
24,
1781
Sept.
27,
1781
Sept.
30,
1781
Joshua Scates & Rachel Roberts, both of Berwick.
James Randall & Mary Shorey, both of Berwick.
John Welch & Hannah Ross, both of Berwick.
Simon Emery, Jun., & Polly Hodsdon, both of Berwick.
Isaac Abbott & Molly Abbott, both of Berwick.
Joseph Appleby of Durham & Sarah Nock of Berwick.
Caleb Nason with Olive Andrews, both of Berwick.
Clark Gerrish with Betty Scates, both of Berwick.
Joshua Nason with Betty Thompson, both of Berwick.
Ephraim Ricker with Dolly Nock, both of Berwick.
John Walker, Jun., with Polly Snow, both of Berwick.
Benjamin Horsum with Dorcas Ricker, both of Berwick.
Simeon Chadbourn with Elizabeth Yeaton, both of Ber-
wick.
Benjamin Hodsdon with Sally Lord, both of Berwick.
Philip Tibbetts of Hubbardstown & Sarah Grant of
Berwick.
Jonathan Nock with Betty Nock, both of Berwick.
Foxwell Whit tier with Ruth Hill, both of Berwick.
John Heirl, Jun., with Polly Dyar, both of Berwick.
Daniel Quint with Sally Stillings, both of Berwick.
Henry Hamilton of Sanford with Eunice Lord of Berwick.
William Weeks of Greenland with Abigail Rogers of
Berwick.
John Glass with Elizabeth Quint, both of Berwick.
William Leaver of Somersworth with Sarah Hubbard of
Berwick.
Samuel Weymouth with Ann Smith, both of Berwick.
Jonathan Horsum with Martha Goodrich, both of Berwick.
Nahum Marshall with Mary Tebbetts, both of Berwick.
John Abbott, 3rd, with Patty Twombly, both of Bermck.
Eliphalet Pray with Alice Yeaton, both of Berwick.
Daniel Goodwin, 3rd, with Mary Downs, both of Berwick.
Stephen Hodsdon, Jun., with Anna Eastes, both of Berwick.
Enoch Whitehouse of Somersworth & Lydia Abbott of
Berwick.
John Butler of Berwick & Judith Leaver of Somersworth.
Nathan Lord, 3rd, with Mercy Downs, both of Berwick.
David Gowen vdth Joanna Guptell.
Samuel Brackett, 3rd, with Molly Wentworth.
William Chadwick, Jun., of Somersworth & EUzabeth
Butler of Berwick.
Chadbourn Warren of Biddeford & Hannah Hodsdon of
Berwick.
John Quint, Jun., with Molly Abbott, both of Berwick.
Stephen Smith of Damariscotta with Mercy Andrews of
Berwick.
Benjamin Lord with Sarah Chadbourn, both of Berwick.
Ephraim Tebbetts with Rachel Jones, both of Berwick.
John Gowen with Sarah Libbey, both of Berwick.
Amos Gordon of Biddeford with Mehitable Goodwin of
Berwick.
Daniel Hooper with Hannah Heard, both of Berwick.
John Keay with Molly Yeaton, both of Berwick.
Adam Goodwin, Jun., with Sarah Goodrich, both of Ber-
wick.
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Paul Stanton with Joanna Ricker, both of Berwick.
Robert Junkins of York with Esther Rogers of Berwick.
Benjamin Stacy with Lucy Low, both of Berwick.
Benjamin Horn of Somers worth & Ruth Hanson of Ber-
wick.
Samuel Butler, Jr., & Martha Libbey, both of Berwick.
Charles Hanson & Dorcas Miller, both of Berwick.
Stephen Randall & Anna Fogg, both of Berwick.
Maturin Ricker & Olive Horsum, both of Berwick.
Samuel Libbey & Betsey Hardison, both of Berwick.
Benjamin Downs & Molly Spencer, both of Berwick..
Caleb Lord with Betsey Archibald, both of Berwick.
Paul Lord with Hannah Frost, both of Berwick.
Daniel Wadling with Margaret Thompson, both of Ber-
wick.
John Worster, Jun., with Olive Philpot, both of Berwick.
Joseph Brackett with Jemima Roberts, both of Berwick.
Aaron Warren with Kezia Huntress, both of Berwick.
Joshua Smith with Abigail Dunnel, both of Berwick.
John Grant with Sarah Boltwood, both of Berwick.
Jeremiah Clements of Sanford & Experience Yeaton of
Berwick.
Daniel Emery, Jun., of Kittery & Olive Lord of Berwick.
Ebenezer Ricker of Somersworth & Molly Bodwell of
Berwick.
Samuel Wentworth of Rochester & Sarah Stone of Berwick.
Moses Abbott, Jun., of Mousam & Anna Hooper of
Berwick.
Ichabod Lord with Lydia Keay, both of Berwick. ^
David Horsum with Amey Sullivan, both of Berwick.
Samuel Lord of Lebanon with Hannah Appleby.
Aaron Downs with Hannah Nock, both of Berwick.
Solomon Perkins of Rochester with Sarah Perkins of
Massabeesic.
Daniel Coffin of Sanford & Molly Bracket of Berwick.
Stephen Jones & Martha Ricker.
James Libbey with Hannah Woodsum.
Moses Carr, Jun., of Somersworth & Hannah Hamilton of
Berwick.
Hanson Libbey & Anna Libbey.
Daniel Whitehouse of Somersworth & Martha Roberts of
Berwick.
Elijah Goodwin with Eunice Hammond of Berwick.
Benjamin Lord, Jun., with Betty Stanton, both of Berwick.
Ichabod Downs with Lucy Downs, both of Berwick.
Noah Ricker, Jun., with Esther Heard, both of Berwick.
Paul Hall of Falmouth with Sarah Neal of Berwick.
Joseph Eastes w^ith Huldah Hodsdon of Berwick.
Isaac Nute, Jr., of Dover with Sarah Rowe of Berwick.
Samuel Clements with Judith Nock of Berwick.
Love Keay with Molly Hooper of Berwick.
Stephen Pray with Sarah Libbey.
Benjamin Sullivan with Priscilla Jones.
Reuben Hanscum with Alice Abbot. «
David Woodsum with Nabby Hamilton.
Moses Rowe with Joyce Faul.
Oct.
1, 1781
Oct.
1, 1781
Oct.
25, 1781
Nov.
8, 1781
Nov.
29, 1781
Dec.
13, 1781
Dec.
19, 1781
Dec.
26, 1781
Jan.
3, 1782
Jan.
6, 1782
Jan.
22, 1782
Jan.
27, 1782
Jan.
31, 1782
Feb.
14, 1782
Feb.
21, 1782
Mch.
4, 1782
Mch.
14, 1782
Mch.
22, 1782
Mch.
25, 1782
Mch.
28, 1782
Apr.
4, 1782
May
2, 1782
May
13, 1782
May
23, 1782
June
2, 1782
June
20, 1782
June
30, 1782
Sept.
30, 1782
Oct.
14, 1782
Nov.
5, 1782
Nov.
7, 1782
Nov.
13, 1782
Dec.
10, 1782
Dec.
12, 1782
Dec.
16, 1782
Dec.
19, 1782
Dec.
19, 1782
Dec.
31, 1782
Jan.
29, 1783
Feb.
10, 1783
Feb.
19, 1783
Apr.
10, 1783
May
1, 1783
June
5, 1783
July
24, 1783
Sept.
11, 1783
Oct.
2, 1783
Oct.
12, 1783
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Andrew Whit tarn with Lydia Grant.
Aaron Bickford with Mary Child.
Sheldon Hobbs with Ruth Stillings.
Joshua Quint with Hannah Ford.
Samuel Faul "vvdth Judith Stanton.
James Lord with Hannah Nichold.
Jonathan Felch of Hubbardstown Plantation and Sarah
Applebey of Berwick.
Moses Frost, Jr., with Mary Chick.
Ebenezer Heard with Elizabeth Foye.
William Lord, Jr., with Dorcas Faul.
Samuel Horsum with Anna Goodrich.
True worthy Dudley with Sarah Andrews.
Pelatiah Penny of Wells with Mary Walker of Berwick.
Nathaniel Perkins with Sally Hooper.
Stephen Hobbs with Elizabeth Hodsdon.
Benjamin Andrews with Molly Stone.
Peasley Morrel with Peace Ricker.
Richard Colomy of New Durham with Patience Downs of
Ber-wick.
David Page of South Hampton & Martha Wentworth of
Berwick.
James Stanley with Sarah Jellison.
Edward Grant with Shuah Holmes.
John Clark with Amey Grant.
Michael Brawn, Jr., with Betty Weymouth.
Simeon Applebey with Bridget Lord.
Reuben Goodwin with Phoebe Downs.
Daniel Keay and Patience Hardison, both of Lebanon.
Thomas Murray of Berwick & Eunice Hardison of Lebanon.
Aaron Tebbetts & Hannah Wentworth.
Stephen Fall, Jr., & Betsey Gerrish.
Mark Fogg & Eunice Furnald.
Samuel Shorey with Elizabeth Woodsum.
Elias Lord with Betsey Kilgore.
Isaac Hansum with Abigail Pray.
William Hall with Sarah Roberts.
Thomas Applebey with Molly Goodwin.
Nathan Lord, 3rd, with Betsey Brewster.
Samuel Praj^, Jr., with Sally Fernald.
Benjamin Wentworth, 6th, of Somersworth & Nabbey
Thompson of Berwick.
Noah Ricker, Jr., and MoUey Stanton.
Reuben Goodwin and Ruth Lord.
Samuel Stanley and Hannah Hobbs.
Joseph Pray of Shapleigh and Mary Nocks of Berwick.
Amos Wallingford of Somersworth and Phebe Brew^ster of
Berwick.
Zechariah Nocks of Shapleigh and Margaret Worster of
Berwick.
Ichabod Dixon and Lydia Dennet.
Timothy Courson of Rochester & Betsey Clark of Berwick.
William Chadbourn, Jr., & Margery Hodsdon.
Ebenezer Horsum & Charity Hooper.
Moses Weymouth & Patience Ross.
William Mavis [?] & Lydia Huntress.
Oct.
13, 1783
Nov.
2, 1783
Nov.
13, 1783
Dec.
11, 1783
Jan.
8, 1784
Jan.
19, 1784
Jan.
20, 1784
Jan.
20, 1784
Mar.
11, 1784
May
6, 1784
June
3, 1784
June
3, 1784
Aug.
12, 1784
Sept.
5, 1784
Sept.
5, 1784
Sept.
9, 1784
Sept.
26, 1784
Oct.
3, 1784
Oct.
14, 1784
Nov.
4, 1784
Nov.
5, 1784
Dec.
2, 1784
Dec.
16, 1784
Dec.
23, 1784
Jan.
6, 1785
Jan.
12, 1785
Jan.
• 12, 1785
Jan.
14, 1785
Mar.
21, 1785
Mar.
23, 1785
Mar.
24, 1785
April
16, 1785
April
25, 1785
May
30, 1785
June
9, 1785
Aug.
25, 1785
Sept.
3, 1785
Sept.
15, 1785
Oct.
27, 1785
Nov.
10, 1785
Nov.
17, 1785
Nov.
17, 1785
Nov.
28, 1785
Dec.
3, 1785
Dec.
22, 1785
Jan.
5, 1786
Feb.
2, 1786
Feb.
9, 1786
Apr.
3, 1786
Apr.
16, 1786
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May 11, 1786 John Hooper & Betsey Plaisted.
July 11, 1786 Moses Foye & Molley Tebbetts.
July 17, 1786 Robert Hanscum & Anna Chick.
July 20, 1786 Eliot Frost with Jane Clark, both of Kittery.
July 23, 1786 Samuel Clark with Abigail Hanson.
Aug. 7, 1786 Samuel Butler, Jr., with Lucy Chadbourne.
Aug. 24, 1786 Elisha Downs with Diadama Dunnel.
Sept. 3, 1786 Moses Hanson with Martha Abbot.
Sept. 14, 1786 Otis Keay with Joanna Applebey.
Sept. 21, 1786 Samuel Manning with Lydia Horsum.
Sept. 24, 1786 Benjamin Stanton, Jr., & Lydia Bracket.
Oct. 1, 1786 Benaiah Doore of Lebanon & Experience Andrews of
Berw[ick].
Oct. 31, 1786 Joseph Pray, 3rd, & Dorcas Yeaton.
Nov. 27, 1786 Nehemiah Butler & Molly Yeaton.
Jan. 2, 1787 Elisha Lord, 3rd, & Dorcas Goodwin.
Jan. 9, 1787 Isaac Stillings & Olive Libbey.
Jan. 25, 1787 Joseph Spencer of Somersworth & Nabby Scates of Ber-
wick.
Mar. 15, 1787 Silas Hall of Falmouth & Hannah Neal of Berwick.
Mar. 21, 1787 Aaron Goodwin & Sally Hubbard.
Apr. 5, 1787 Joseph Scates & Hannah Keay.
May 3, 1787 Joseph Jellison & Sally Grant.
June 14, 1787 Isaac Stanton & Sarah Stanton.
July 5, 1787 Daniel Eastes, Jr., & Patience Heirl.
July 19, 1787 Elijah Stanton of Middletown & Ella Stanton of Berwick.
Aug. 23, 1787 Elijah Goodwin & Sally Lord.
Oct. 23, 1787 Moses Philpot of Somersworth & Deborah Randall of
Berwick.
Nov. 5, 1787 Simeon Goodwin with Mary Goodrich.
Nov. 22, 1787 Thomas Murray & Mary Lord, both of Berwick, now
residents of Lebanon.
Nov. 29, 1787 John Foye and Anna Jones.
Jan. 30, 1788 Joseph Shorey & Dorcas Ricker.
Jan. 31, 1788 John Eastes & AHce Hardison.
Mar. 3, 1788 Thomas Jellison & Hannah Warren.
Mar. 13, 1788 Tobias Jones & Betty Miles.
May 8, 1788 Thomas Butler, Jr., & Dorcas Hodsdon.
July 10,1788 Daniel Downs, Jr., & Tamson Ricker.
Aug. 7, 1788 Jacob Remick & Abigail Bracket.
Aug. 17, 1788 James Goodwin, 3rd, & Love Sherburne.
Aug. 21, 1788 Joshua Emery, Jr., & Hannah Goodwin.
Sept. 7, 1788 Benjamin Hodsdon, Jr., & Meribah Abbot.
Oct. 2, 1788 Wilham Huntress & Betsey Warren.
Oct. 16, 1788 Moses Brackett & Sarah Heard.
Oct. 23, 1788 Benjamin Grant of Cox-hall & Sarah Hamilton of Berwick.
Oct. 27, 1788 John Gowel & Ehzabeth Libby.
Nov. 6, 1788 David Twombley of Rochester & Mary Hodsdon.
Nov. 11, 1788 Ebenezer Ricker & Mary Butler.
Nov. 13, 1788 Paterick Manning & Mary Mclntire.
Nov. 20, 1788 Joseph Nocks & Anna Downs.
Dec. 4, 1788 John Witheril of Rochester & Sarah Sanborn.
Dec. 7, 1788 David Downs & Lydia Lord.
Dec. 11, 1788 Stephen Shorey with Abigail Libbey.
Dec. 11, 1788 Fortune Yeaton of Somersworth with Jane Wise of Ber-
wick.
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Jan.
6,
1789
Jan.
11,
1789
Jan.
15,
1789
Jan.
29,
1789
Feb.
13,
1789
Feb.
26,
1789
Mar.
10,
1789
Apr.
9,
1789
May
5,
1789
May
10,
1789
May
11,
1789
May
14,
1789
May
21,
1789
Aug.
30,
1789
Sept.
24,
1789
Sept.
24,
1789
Sept.
27,
1789
Oct.
5,
1789
Oct.
10,
1789
Oct.
10,
1789
Nov.
10,
1789
Dec.
10,
1789
Jan.
21,
1790
Feb.
18,
1790
Feb.
25,
1790
Apr.
26,
1790
June
21,
1790
Aug.
5,
1790
Aug.
12,
1790
Sept.
6,
1790
Sept.
7,
1790
Sept.
12,
1790
Sept.
16,
1790
Nov.
11,
1790
Dec.
2,
1790
Dec.
9,
1790
Dec.
12,
1790
Jan.
25,
1791
Feb.
17,
1791
Feb.
24,
1791
Feb.
27,
1791
Apr.
3,
1791
June
9,
1791
June
13,
1791
June
27,
1791
July
31,
1791
Aug.
18,
1791
Sept.
5,
1791
Sept.
8,
1791
Oct.
2,
1791
Oct.
2,
1791
Shipway Goodwin with Katherine Abbot.
Nathan Murray with Ohve Pike.
Benjamin Hodsdon, 3rd, with Kezia Goodwin.
Gideon Dearing of Sanford with Mary Stanley of Berwick.
Jonathan Hanson of Lebanon & Hannah Stanton of
Berwick.
Ephraim Butler & Lydia Libbey.
Gershom Hanson & Dorcas Lord.
Ebenezer Hodsdon & Sarah Nocks.
James Horsum & Sally Grant.
Nathaniel Barker of Francisbow & Hannah Hodsdon of
Berwick.
Samuel Butler, Jr., & Anna Shorey.
Aaron Ricker & Elizabeth Libbey.
John Goodrich, Jr., & Betsey Wentworth.
Peter Pray, Jr., & Polly Palmer.
Benjamin Courson of Rochester & Betsey Smith of Berwick.
Charles G. Clark & Sarah Holmes.
William Mathie & EUzabeth Merriam.
Winthrop Benjamin Norton & Dorothy Gowel.
Timothy Hubbard & Jane Pike.
Jonathan Stevens & Betsey Gray.
Reuben Hamilton & Huldah Randal.
Samuel Legrove of Lebanon & Martha Appleby of Berwick.
Ebenezer Jones, Jr., of Lebanon & Molly Scates of Berwick.
Ephraim Ricker of Somersworth & Susanna Faul of Ber-
wick.
John Faul & Dorcas Wentworth.
Jesse Colcord & Charlotte Warren.
Joshua Roberts, Jr., & Sarah Hooper.
Nathaniel Merriam & Mehetable Haj^es.
Paul Stone, Jr., & Hannah Bracket.
Davies Varney of Somersworth & Martha Goodwin of
Berwick.
Levi Applebey & Eunice Goodwin.
Daniel Woodsum & Mary Andrews.
Richard Horn of Lebanon & Patty Hooper of Berwick.
Moses Downs & Betsey Downs.
Moses Goodwin & Elizabeth Keen.
John Hooper, 3rd, & Elizabeth Shorey.
Samuel Goodrich & Meribah Hodsdon.
William Clark, Jr., & Susanna Libbey.
Samuel Bracket, Jr., & Adah Hooper.
Benjamin Eastes & Dolly Roberts.
John Libbey & Molly Gowen, both of Lebanon.
Joseph Ricker & Dolly Varney.
James Hamilton & Mehetabel Bracket.
James Gray & Hannah Murray.
James Hanscum & Elizabeth Chick.
Andrew Shepard of Kittery & Eunice Goodwin of Berwick.
Simeon Lord & Polly Frost.
Simeon Andrews & Sarah Chick.
Benjamin Wentworth & Mercy Lord.
William Dearing of Sanford & Mary Hatch.
Samuel Kendrick of Pepperelborough & Ruth Warren of
Berwick.
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2, 1791
Oct.
6, 1791
Oct.
23, 1791
Nov.
10, 1791
Dec.
22, 1791
Dec.
29, 1791
Jan.
5, 1792
Jan.
5, 1792
Feb.
9, 1792
Feb.
22, 1792
Feb.
27, 1792
Mar.
1, 1792
Mar.
6, 1792
Mar.
8, 1792
Mar.
8, 1792
Mar.
29, 1792
April
27, 1792
June
11, 1792
June
13, 1792
July
12, 1792
July
19, 1792
Aug.
2, 1792
Aug.
30, 1792
Sept.
27, 1792
Oct.
19, 1792
Oct.
28, 1792
Nov.
28, 1792
Nov.
29, 1792
Dec.
3, 1792
Dec.
24, 1792
Dec.
27, 1792
Jan.
3, 1793
Jan.
8, 1793
Feb.
28, 1793
Mar.
17, 1793
Mar.
28, 1793
Apr.
11, 1793
Apr.
23, 1793
Apr.
29, 1793
May
23, 1793
June
16, 1793
July
4, 1793
July
18, 1793
July
25, 1793
July
29, 1793
Aug.
1, 1793
Aug.
15, 1793
Aug.
25, 1793
Sept.
5, 1793
Sept.
12, 1793
VOL. LXXIV.
James Murray & Nabby Butler.
Joshua Staple, Jr., & Elizabeth Staple.
Ebenezer Walker & Lydia Knight.
William Keay & Betsey Wentworth.
Stephen Wentworth & Sally Nutter.
Isaac Morey of Somersworth & Hannah Smith of Ber-
wick.
Nathaniel Willey of Shapleigh & Sarah Worster of Berwick.
Reuben Hayes & Elizabeth Ricker.
Jonathan Ricker & Hannah Spencer.
Aaron Abbott & Hannah Rollins.
William Staple & Sarah Hill.
William Lord, Jr., & Experience Wentworth.
John Brewster & Olive Prime.
William Smith & Polly Tucker.
Ruben Randal of Somersworth & Dorcas Holmes of Ber-
wick.
Thomas Dennet of Kittery & PoUy Pray of Berwick.
Thomas Rankens & Sally Jellison.
Ebenezer Nowel & Rachel Grant.
Stephen Clark & Agness Libbey.
Moses Smith & Susanna Bracket.
Nathan Nason & Polly Emery.
Tobias Fernald of Berwick & Sally Pray of Lebanon.
Nathaniel Hobbs & Patience Nowel.
John Hamilton & Hannah Thurril.
Jeremiah Goodrich & Sarah Wentworth.
Moses Butler, 3rd, & Dorcas Ricker.
Ebenezer Jacobs of Sanford & Elizabeth Hammond of
Berwick.
Richard Yeaton & Molly Gubtel.
William Gould of Kittery & Mary Holmes of Berwick.
Paul Heard & Molly StUUngs.
Ephraim Twombley & Joanna Wentworth.
Moses Ricker of Limerick & Molly Hanscum.
Ebenezer Turner Boltwood & Lydia Hodsden.
Peter Horn, Jr., of Rochester & Eunice Wentworth of
Berwick.
Hunkin Dennet & Nabby Ricker.
Elijah Hayes, Jr., & Polly Grant.
Enoch Lord & Betsey Frost.
John McCrielles, Jr., of Lebanon & Lydia Shorey of Ber-
wick.
Ichabod Libbey & Molly Keay.
Benjamin Frost & Abigail Lord.
Mark Prime & Sally Tebbetts.
Isaac Morrel & Hannah Stanley.
Job Wood & Jane Lord.
Aaron Chick, Jr., & Susanna Fogg.
Alexander Prime & Apphia Kenniston.
Daniel McCrielles & Polly Ricker.
Ichabod Goodrich & Dorcas Gubtel.
Gershom Horn of Somersworth & Lydia Roberts of Ber-
wick.
Jedediah Goodrich, Jr., & Sarah Guptel.
James Kimball of Rochester & Mary Guptell of Berwick.
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Jacob Goodwin & Joanna Stanton.
Ithiel Scates of Rochester & Ruth Clark.
Charles Pray of Berwick & Sally Garvin of Somers worth.
Jonathan Nute of Dover & Abigail McCarril of Berwdck.
Moses Pray, Jr., of Lebanon & Rachel McCurril of Berwick.
John Grant & Elizabeth Clark.
Ebenezer Wells & Hannah Morrill.
John Hamilton, Jr., & Sally Hodsden.
Dodavar Scates of Rochester & Lydia Manning of Berwick.
Richard Wentworth, Jr., & Lydia Lord.
Nathaniel Hooper & Betsey Nowell.
Enoch Morrill & Jane Frost.
Simon Tebbetts of Sanford & Tirzah Lord of Berwick.
Phinehas Yeaton & Phebe Wentworth.
William Clark & Lydia Libbey.
John Horsum & Jemima Smith.
EKsha Whitehouse of Somersworth & Sally Goodwin of
Berwick.
Ebenezer Winn of Lebanon & Olive Goodwin of Berwick.
Daniel Andrews & Molly Heard.
Isaac Reed & Susanna Keay.
Edmund Coffin of Shapleigh & Martha Randall of Ber-
wick.
Joseph Mason of Limerick & Anna Hayes of Berwick.
Isaac Stanton & Phebe Ricker.
Moses Clements & Betsey Hanson.
Henry Perkins of Sanford & Mary Goodwin of Berwick.
Roger Welch of Effingham & Molly Abbot of Berwick.
Nathaniel Wentworth & Susanna Wentworth.
Joseph Fogg, Jr., & Phebe Hayes.
Jonathan Goodwin & Betsey Andrews.
Andrew Horn & Esther Pierce.
Samuel Hanscum & Sarah Libbey.
Stephen Furbish of Sanford & Lydia Heard of Berwick.
Chadbourn Warren & Sally Knight.
Samuel Wentworth & Sally Yeaton.
John Lord of Lemington & Eunice Libbey.
Alexander Worster & Molly Libbey.
Benjamin Goodwin & Olive Goodwin.
Joseph Boston & Nancy Hammond.
WiUiam Goodwin, Jr., & Molly Yeaton.
Samuel Murray, Jr., & Martha Barns.
John Guptel & Lois Libbey.
Ichabod Butler & Sally Shorey.
Reuben Ricker & Lydia Murray.
Joseph Goodrich & Honora Heard.
Stephen Frost & Sally Powers.
Benjamin Clements & Polly Fernald.
Tristram Fall & Anna Lord.
Phinehas Graves of Tuftonborough & Sarah Hodsden of
Berwick.
Nicholas Lord & Elizabeth Hamilton.
Charles Nisbet of Lebanon & Judith Downs of Berwick.
Colcord & Ella Hobbs of Bermck.
Benjamin Stone of Shapleigh & Margaret Ricker of Ber-
wick.
Oct.
9, 1793
Oct.
9, 1793
Nov.
17, 1793
Apr.
10, 1794
Apr.
10, 1794
Apr.
13, 1794
May
29, 1794
June
1, 1794
June
22, 1794
July
3, 1794
Aug.
21, 1794
Sept.
4, 1794
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27, 1794
Sept.
28, 1794
Oct.
2, 1794
Nov.
27, 1794
Dec.
7, 1794
Dec.
24, 1794
Dec.
25, 1794
Jan.
11, 1795
Mar.
19, 1795
Apr.
13, 1795
June
7, 1795
July
23, 1795
Sept.
3, 1795
Oct.
12, 1795
Oct.
29, 1795
Nov.
1, 1795
Nov.
2, 1795
Nov.
3, 1795
Nov.
19, 1795
Nov.
19, 1795
Nov.
26, 1795
Jan.
18, 1796
Jan.
24, 1796
Jan.
25, 1796
Feb.
8, 1796
Feb.
18, 1796
Feb.
18, 1796
Mar.
2, 1796
Mar.
6, 1796
Mar.
16, 1796
Apr.
26, 1796
May
5, 1796
May
5, 1796
June
2, 1796
Aug.
8, 1796
Sept.
4, 179a
Nov.
3, 1796
Nov.
5, 1796
Nov.
17, 1796
Nov.
17, 1796
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1798
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1798
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1798
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1798
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1801
David Pierce & Dolly Ricker.
Joseph Perkins of Rochester & Polly McCarrill.
Thomas Ricker & Sally Hodsdon.
Ebenezer Hodsden & Sally Wentworth.
Marriages solemnized by Joseph HiUiard, pastor
"George Worster & Marcy Tibbetts.
Charles Shorey & Molly Chick.
Peter Hanson of Berwick & Abigail Tibbetts of Rochester.
Benjamin Stone & Nabby Goodwin.
Moses Roberts & Susannah Hooper.
Samuel Nutter & Eunice Shorey.
Ebenezer Lord of Lebanon & Betsey Pray of Berwick.
Ebenezer Tibbetts of Falmouth & Bettey Hays of Berwick.
Joseph Hanson of Shapleigh & Olive Butler of Berwick.
James Perkins of Lemerick & Mary Hays of Berwick.
Mark Worster & Dorkas Gowel.
James Boothby of Wells & Martha Thurston of Berwick.
Hiram Hays & Tabitha Nowel.
John Merriam & Patience Neal.
David Libbey of Lebanon & Alice Libbey of Berwick.
Abraham Pray & Molly Dennit.
Thomas Rogers & Molly Pray.
Josiah Staples & Olive Guptail.
Joseph Hardison & Betsey Jliillegible].
James Twombly of Rochester & Sally Gubtail of Berwick.
Palatiah Butler & Betsey Goodwin.
Daniel Fogg & Peggy Hodgedon.
Andrew Horn & Hannah Nock.
Benjamin Butler & Sarah GoweU.
Noah Wentworth & Hannah Lord.
Theadore Hays of Lebanon & Experience Lord of Berwick.
Ebenezer Roberts of Somersworth & Sally Roberts of
Berwick.
Benjamin Wentworth of Lebanon & Molly Holmes of
Berwick.
Jonathan Goodridge & Dorcas Hodsdon.
Samuel Shorey of Kittery & Susanna Pray of Berwick.
EHsha Allen & Polly Pray.
Waldron Kennison & Rebecca Prime.
George Stanton & Dorcas Hanson.
Benjamin Heard & Joanna Chadbourn.
Samuel Keys & Phealy Shorey.
Enock Varnum of Lebanon & Sally Worster of Berwick.
John Hammond & Polieme Lord.
Moses Roberts & Nancy Butler.
Jonathan Grant & Polly Clark.
Ebenezer Barker of Cornish & Betsey Fall.
Palatiah Pray of Lebanon & Joanna Fernald of Berwick.
Humphrey Lord & Nabby Gowen.
Samuel Stilling & Polly Bracket.
John B. Hanson of Lebanon & Dorkas Libbey of Berwick.
Levi Chick & Joanna Andrews.
Eliphalet Rendal & Elenor Libbey.
Joshua Pierce of Lebanon & Marcy Pierce of Berwick.
Charles Goodwin & Experience Fall.
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Oct.
29, 1801
Nov.
7, 1801
Nov.
9, 1801
Nov.
26, 1801
Nov.
26, 1801
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29, 1801
Nov.
29, 1801
Jan.
22, 1802
March 9, 1802
June
8, 1802
Sept.
30, 1802
Oct.
14, 1802
Nov.
25, 1802
Nov.
25, 1802
Nov.
25, 1802
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9, 1802
Dec.
29, 1802
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4, 1803
Feb.
17, 1803
Feb.
17, 1803
Mar.
29, 1803
May
23, 1803
June
12, 1803
June
28, 1803
Sept.
8, 1803
Oct.
23, 1803
Nov.
17, 1803
Nov.
24, 1803
Nov.
28, 1803
Dec.
22, 1803
Jan.
22, 1804
Feb.
5, 1804
Feb.
16, 1804
Feb.
23, 1804
Aug.
21, 1804
Nov.
8, 1804
Dec.
28, 1804
Jan.
9, 1805
Jan.
24, 1805
Feb.
14, 1805
Mar.
13, 1805
March 21, 1805
July
4, 1805
July
18, 1805
Oct.
24, 1805
Dec.
1, 1805
Dec.
28, 1805
Dec.
30, 1805
Feb.
27, 1806
June
22, 1806
Oct.
2, 1806
Oct.
7, 1806
Daniel Chadbourn of Limerick & Sarah Hardison of
Berwick.
Nathan Butler & Adah Chick.
Samuel Hubbard of Shapleigh & Olive Wakefield of Ber-
wick.
James Staple & Huldah Chick.
Joshua Grant, Jr., & Sally Clements.
Andrew Clark & Sally Lord.
Ebenezer Winn of Lebanon & Abigail Staple of Berwick.
Levy George Applebee & Esther Lord.
John Chadbourn & Shuah Clement.
John Scates & Sally .
Peter Gushing of Rochester & Sally Hall of Berwick.
Samuel Pray & Betsey Wentworth.
Samuel Worster & Patty Brown.
James Prime of Sanford & Elizabeth Johnson.
Caleb Frost & Anna Heard.
Samuel Chick & Johanna Yeaton.
Joseph Heard & Hannah Bracket.
William Guptail & Dorkas Abbott.
Samuel Lord of Lebanon & Peggy Brown.
Abraham Furbush & Molly Heard.
Miles Bracket, Jr., & Sally Heard.
Benjamin Goodrich, Jr., & Mary Shorey.
James McGooch of Milton & Lydia Horsum.
Samuel Lord & Abigail Wentworth.
David Goodrich & Molly Gubtail.
Peter Grant & Peggy Gerrish.
Ebenezer Creasy of Gorham & Sally Chick.
Chadbourn Pray of Lebanon & Nabby Bracket of Berwick.
John Adams & Betsey Stone.
William Shorey, Jr., & Dorcas Yeaton.
Pelatiah Pierce of Lebanon & Hannah Whitehouse.
Samuel Goodwin & Betsey Keys.
Simeon Spencer & Susanna Hamilton.
David Hodsdon & Jane Fogg.
Ephraim Varney of Somers worth & Martha Hodsdon.
Samuel Nock of Lebanon & Lydia Holmes.
Thomas Nock & Susanna Stanton.
Moses Ricker of Lebanon & Sally Hanson.
John Keys & Lydia Chick.
Isaac Hodsdon & Polly Wentworth.
James Libbey & Sally Johnson.
Zechariah Nock & Judith Nock.
Thomas Wentworth & Sally Heard.
Lemuel Worster & Betsey Wentworth.
Ebenezer Yeaton of Somersworth & Polly Chick of Ber-
wick.
Isaac Bracket & Dorcas Pray.
Jeremiah Lord & Sarah Gushing.
Thomas Holmes & Sally Vesey [?].
William Nock of Lebanon & Betsey Nock of Berwick.
Daniel Austin & Polly Hodsdon.
Thomas Tibbetts & Love Lord.
Charles Brown & Lois Butler.
Roger Copp of Lebanon & Polly Lord.
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Peter Downs of Shapleigh & Sally Wentworth.
Sayward Hobbs of Wells & Sally Hall.
James Fogg & Olive Hodsdon.
James Hodsdon & Hannah Chick.
Elihu Hayes of Lebanon & Sally Clark.
John Bracket & Susannah Heard.
Ichabod Downs of Shapleigh & Olive Horsum.
Andrew Neal of York & Anne Bracket.
Samuel Hooper of Madbury & Polly Clark.
Joseph Nock & Charity Ellis.
Benjamin Austin of Soraersworth & Betsey Jones of Ber-
wick.
Joseph Nock & Hannah Ricker.
Isaac Fogg & Susannah Hays.
Daniel Stone & Sarah Chadbourn.
Paul Wentworth & Ruth Wentworth.
Jonathan Hubbard & Hannah Paul.
John Staples & Nabby Heard.
Mark Libbey & Olive Lord.
John Whitehouse & Mary Stone.
John Perkins & Deborah Hays.
Levi Bracket & Mercy Hall.
Thomas Witherbee of Sanford & Sally Manning of Berwick.
John Fogg & Levi Pray.
George Worster & Olive Greenleaf .
David Horsum & Lydia Nock.
James Gubtail & Lydia Gowel [?].
James Johnson & Nancy Pikcot.
Andrew Neal & Patience Norwel.
William Waymouth & Shuah Hammond.
Jotham Ross & Dorkas Stone.
Nahum Heard & Abigail Keys.
Isaac Gowen & Mercy Chick.
Jacob Lord & Betsey Ricker.
Nathaniel Gubtail & Sally Gowen.
William Ellis & Susan Pierce.
Timothy Wentworth & Betsey Ricker.
Aaron Rogers & Clarisie Turner [?].
Ebenezer Abbott & Dorcas Spencer.
John Boothby of Wells & Charlotte Thurston.
Stephen Chase & Bart Emery.
James Thurley of Wells & Apphia Ricker.
John Hall & Merriam Brackett.
Japhet Stone & Polly Flagg.
Simon Hanscom & Betsey Heard.
Robert Brown of Wells & Abigail Burdeen.
Reuben Hamilton of Lebanon & Jane Key.
William Gubtail & Polly Wentworth.
James Hobbs & Phebe Knight.
Jonathan Chase & Tirzeah Emery.
Jacob Hays & Ruth Hobbs.
James Adams of Sandwich & Elizabeth Adams of Berwick.
Daniel Davis & Polly Bragdon.
Asa Folsom & Sally Chase.
Samuel Buffam & Mary Neal.
Simon Frost & Joanna Chase.
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Dec.
14,
1811
Dec.
14,
1811
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6,
1812
Mar.
26,
1812
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12,
1812
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16,
1812
June
16,
1812
Aug.
20,
1812
Oct.
8,
1812
Nov.
1,
1812
Mar.
7,
1813
Apr.
26,
1813
June
9,
1813
June
9,
1813
Oct.
17,
1813
Nov.
18,
1813
Dec.
9,
1813
Jan.
5,
1814
Jan.
31,
1814
Feb.
28,
1814
June
7,
1814
June
19,
1814
Oct.
27,
1814
Dec.
1,
1814
Dec.
25,
1814
Dec.
30,
1814
Jan.
1,
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Jan.
12,
1815
Jan.
15,
1815
Feb.
14,
1815
Feb.
19,
1815
Mar.
10,
1815
Mar.
6,
1815
Mar.
6,
1815
Mar.
26,
1815
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1,
1815
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7,
1816
Feb.
7,
1816
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23,
1816
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20,
1816
Aug.
.28,
1816
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21,
1816
Mar.
16,
1817
Mar.
20,
1817
Aug.
1,
1817
Oct.
30,
1817
Dec.
4,
1817
Jan.
16,
1818
Feb.
17,
1818
Feb.
24,
1818
May
14,
1818
Samuel Knight & Agnes Ricker.
Isaac Frost & Fannie Ricker.
Benjamin Doore of Milton & Polly Bracket.
Rufus Neal & Sarah Buffam.
Levi Leach & Lydia Night.
John Stephen of York & Martha Noice of Newburyport.
Edmund Neal of York & Sarah Chadbourn of Bermck.
Jonathan Perkins of Lebanon & Olive Gubtail of Berwick.
Humphrey Grant & Eunice Lord.
Jacob Lord & Theodosia Grant.
William Quint & Anna Heard.
John Worster & Nabby Gowel.
Ira Libby & Fanny Lay ton.
Amos Jones of Milton & Martha Lord of Berwick.
Daniel Ross of Roxbury & Joanna Pray.
David Gubtail & Sukey Neal.
Chadbourn Warren & Nancy Harvey.
Moses Weymouth of Berwick & Mehitable Wood of York.
James Harvey of Nottingham & Hope Morrel.
Louis Hobby & Sally Harvey.
Samuel Hubbard & Mary Pierce.
John Heard [?] & Abigail Pray.
Samuel Chick & Harriet Stone.
Charles Trafton & Betsey Nowel.
Silas Heard & Susan Bracket.
John Chick & Peggy Perkins.
Stephen Rendall & Elizabeth McDonold.
James Remick & Sally Hays.
Leonard Boardman of N. Vineyard & Nabby Hobbs.
James Stanley of Industry & Temperance Hobbs of Ber-
wick.
Hiram Shay & Rebecca Chadbourne.
Nathaniel Shorey & Eliza Frost.
Humphrey Lord & Apphia Vine [?].
Samuel Gowen of Sanford & Hannah McCreelis.
Jeremiah Shaw of Sanford & Lydia Hayes of Berwick.
Barnabas H. Palmer of Dover & Betsey Haggens of York.
Samuel Linscott of York & Lois Keys of Berwick.
William Waymouth & Mehitable Wentworth.
Samuel Murphy of Lyman & Charity Heard.
John Spencer & Ruth Clark.
William Dore of Lebanon & Agnis Gubtail.
Thomas Chadwick of So. Berwick & Amy Knox of Ber-
wick.
John Clark & Elizabeth Ricker.
Dominicus Stone & Dorkas Goodwin.
Moses Twombley & Phebe Fogg.
Samuel Roberts & Dolly Abbot.
James Hyde of Dover & Sabra Clark.
William Chadbourne of Somersworth & Mary Jane Emery
of Berwick.
Levi Andrews & Lydia Heard.
Moses Wentworth of Berwick & Lydia Ricker of So. ,
Berwick.
Peletiah Shorey & Sally Fogg.
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Elizabeth Roberts of Somersworth.
1818 Thomas Task of New Durham & Martha Shaw of Berwick.
1818 Ebenezer Brown & Anna Foy.
1818 Benjamin Lord & Polly Hodsdon.
1818 Maj. Andrew Goodwin of So. Berwick & Betsey Walling-
ford of Berwick.
1818 Parker W. Abbott of So. Berwick & Rebecca H. Wiggin of
Berwick.
1818 Isaac Hobbs & Elizabeth Chick.
1819 James Haggens & Eunice [?] March.
1820 Reuben Tebbets & Eunice Hersum.
1820 Rufus G. Gould & Sally Grant.
1820 Hiram Wentworth & Sally Lord.
1820 Reuben Goodwin of Lynn & Betsey Pray.
1820 Moses Foy & Olive Hersum.
1820 Charles Davis of New Durham & Patience Shaw of Ber-
wick.
1820 James Tebbetts & Eunice Foy.
1820 Wentworth Heard & Eunice Staples.
1821 Linzy Wollice & Abigail CoweU.
1821 Ichabod Tracy & Mary Clement.
1821 John L. Long & Ann E. Stacpole.
1821 William Brownell of Dover & Lydia Clark of Berwick.
1821 William Harvey & Apphia Hobbs.
1821 Peter Stillings & Sally Lord.
1821 Ruben Goodwin & Dolly Goodwin.
1821 David Hays of Berwick & Martha Harvey of So. Berwick.
1821 Charles Downs of Berwick & Dorcas Hodsdon of Lebanon.
1821 Peter Stillings & Sally Hall.
1821 Harvey Baker of New Castle & Anna Pray of Berwick.
1822 Andrew Tate of Tuftonboro & Jane Foy of Berwick.
1822 Daniel Key & Elizabeth Worster.
1822 William Dearborn of Milton & Evelina B. Drew of Somers-
worth.
1822 Eliger Kenerson of Eaton & Amey Yeaton of Berwick.
1823 James Clark & Lavine Wentworth, both of So. Berwick.
1823 Elder William Key [or Shay] & Betsey Frost.
1823 Nathaniel Remick & Anna Heard.
1823 James Murray of Lebanon & Martha Downs of Berwick.
1823 William Huntress of Portsmouth & Dorothy Butler of
Berwick.
1823 Moses Southee [?] & Sally Whitehouse, both of So. Berwick.
1823 John Goodwin & Mary Noble, both of So. Berwick.
1823 David Andrews of Berwick & Elizabeth Goodwin of So.
Berwick.
1823 Moses Varney of Somersworth & Pamela Hanscom of
EUiot.
1823 Nicolas Abbott of So. Berwick & Mary Ann Hanscom of
Elliot. .
1824 Luis Clemants & Joanna Goodwin.
1824 Moulton Tailer of Somersworth & Eliza Beedle of York.
1824 Samuel Copt [?] & Abigail Staples, both of Somersworth.
1824 Ephraim H. Lampson & EUzabeth Clark.
1824 Daniel Wentworth & May J. Twombly.
1825 James Lord & Ann Tibbetts.
1825 Nathaniel Frost & Mehitable Allen.
266 Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me. [Oct.
Mar. 3, 1825 Nahim Goodwin of Berwick & Elizabeth Tebbetts of Ber-
wick.
Lindsey Wallace & Mary Staple.
Jacob Wentworth of Somersworth & Hannah Woodsum
of Berwick.
Ruben Hays & Sarah Ricker.
Leonard Wood & Adilene Emery.
Isaac Worster of Somersworth & Julia Hilliard of Berwick.
Jeremiah Lord & Elizabeth Tebbetts.
Moses Horsum of Lebanon & Agnis Clark of Berwick.
Wilson Hobbs & Sally Goodwin.
James Clements & Polly Hays.
Isaac N. Emerson of Somersworth & Eunice Goodwin of
Berwick.
James A. Colbath of Somersworth & Eunice WithereU of
Berwick.
Joseph Avery & Olive Hodsdon, both of Somersworth.
Frederick Hilton of Somersworth & Sally Hill of Berwick.
John Attaway of Tewksbury & Johanna Clark of Berwick.
Samuel Wilkerson of So. Berwick & Dorkas Frost of
Berwick.
Oliver Butler, 2nd, & Miss Merriam S. Watson.
Algernon Sydney Howard of Somersworth & Eleanor
Seavey of Berwick.
John O. Adams of Lebanon & Mary Hilliard of Berwick.
Timothy Hilliard & Mary C. Worster.
William Lord of Somersworth & Martha Harvey of Ber-
wick.
Mr. Ivory Brackett of Palmyra & Mary Gowen of Ber-
wick.
Mr. John Staples of Elliott & Miss Mary Ann Andrews of
Berwick.
Mr. Thomas White of Alfred & Elizabeth Lee Hilliard of
Berwick.
Joseph Emery & Sarah Ann Libbey, both of No. Berwick.
Mr. John Mclntire of York & Miss Lydia Junkins of York.
Mr. Washington Leavitt of York & Miss Susan Hans-
com of Elliot.
Mr. Hanson Clements & Lydia Goodridge.
Zimion Wallingford of Milton & Olte L. G. Hilliard.
Hiram Key & Olive Butler.
Frederick Augustus Lord & Sarah Heard.
Benjamin Barrows & Mary Smith.
Benjamin Jones & Elizabeth White.
Joshua Brackett & Ann Libbey.
Joseph Abbott & Ehnor Morrill.
John Hasty & Deliverance Page.
Joseph Wentworth & Eunice Shorey.
Joseph Hodsdon & Mary Gubtail.
Foxwell Curtis Cutt & Mary Goodwin.
Ephraim Hanson & Margarett Lord.
Samuel Emery & Abigail Shackley.
Ichabod Stacy & Lydia Gubtail.
Moses Abbott & EHzabeth Kjlgore.
James Lord & Mary Chick.
Ithamar Beedle & Mary Thurrell.
Feb.
9, 1826
May
14, 1826
July
28, 1826
July
30, 1826
Jan.
11, 1827
Apr.
1, 1827
June
5, 1827
June
14, 1827
July
12, 1827
July
19, 1827
Aug.
12, 1827
Nov.
1, 1828
Nov.
3, 1829
Sept.
1, 1829
Dec.
11, 1829
Feb.
1, 1830
Feb.
25, 1830
May
2, 1831
May
22, 1831
July
1, 1833
Nov.
27, 1834
Apr.
12, 1835
May
10, 1835
June
12, 1836
Feb.
— , 1835
Oct.
14, 1839
Nov.
28, 1839
— , 1840
July
24, 1842
May
20, 1843
Aug.
11, 1855
Aug.
11, 1855
Dec.
3, 1855
Jan.
4, 1856
Jan.
15, 1856
Jan.
19, 1856
Mar.
9, 1856
Mar.
17, 1856
Mar.
21, 1856
Apr.
15, 1856
May
24, 1856
June
5, 1856
June
7, 1856
June
3, 1856
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Joshua Richard & Betty Drew.
James Warren & Elizabeth Hastey.
John Allen & Sarah Abbott.
Thomas Shorey, Jr., & AUice Hardeson.
John Killgore & Elizabeth Brackett.
Charles Butler & Sarah Cosse.
Jacob Shorey & Hannah Cosse.
Stephen Hardison, Jr., & Hannah Scammon.
Thomas Hardison & Mary Chadburne.
Solomon Hambleton & Sarah Keese.
Stephen Perkins & Sarah Hambleton.
Henry Duffee & Mary Row.
June
28,
1856
Aug.
6,
1856
Aug.
12,
1856
Sept.
9;
1856
Sept.
30,
1856
Sept.
30,
1856
Oct.
27,
1856
Oct.
27
1856
Oct.
3
1856
27
1857
Mar.
9
1857
Mar.
14
1857
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
[Continued from page 2371
Gifford-Sakgent (continued)
Contributed by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., A.M., LL.B., of Newport, R. I.,
and communicated by the Committee on English Research
From De Banco Rolls, Close Rolls, and Patent Rolls*
Thomas Gyffard, by William Rokesburgh, his guardian, claims against
John Stokes and Isabel his wife the manor of Heliden, with appurtenances,
which Robert, late parson of the church of Somerton, and Richard Malet,
chaplain, gave to John Gyffard of Twyford, Knight, and Lucy his wife for the
lives of the same John and Lucy, and after the deaths of the same John and
Lucy the same manor was to remain to Thomas, son of the said John, and
Elizabeth his wife, and after the deaths of John, Lucy, Thomas, son of John,
and Elizabeth, and of Roger, son and heir of the same Thomas, son of John,
the same ought to descend to Thomas Gyffard aforesaid, son and heir of the
said Roger. And the same John Gyffard and Lucy were seised thereof by
the same grant in the time of Edward III, and after their deaths the same
remained to Thomas, son of John, and Elizabeth his wife, and they were
thereof seised, Elizabeth as tenant, and Thomas, son of John, as of fee and
right in the time of Edward III. And from the same Thomas, son of John,
after Elizabeth's death, the right descended to Roger, as his son and heir,
and from him to Thomas, who now claims, as his son and heir. And thereof
produces suit.
And John Stokes and Isabel, by William Salman, their attorney, come and
cannot deny the same.
Therefore it is agreed that the aforesaid Thomas Giffard recover his seisin
aganist John Stokes and Isabel of the aforesaid manor, and the said John
Stokes and Isabel in mercy, etc. (De Banco Rolls, Northamptonshire,
Trinity Term, 3 Henry V [1415], 618, m. 317.)
For Thomas Chaumbre and others. John Stokes of Twyford, co.
Bucks, and Thomas Giffard of Twyford, Esq., acknowledge to owe Thomas
Chaumbre, Esq., William Vaux, Esq., and Thomas Tresham £200, payable
to them at Easter next following; if not paid, to be levied from their lands
and tenements in the said county and elsewhere. Given at Westminster, 5
February [1429/30].
•Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.
268 Genealogical Research in England [Oct.
The condition of this bond is such that if AHanora, daughter of William
Vaux, Esq., deceased, shall have sufficient estate for the term of her life of
the manors of Astewell and Helydon, in co. Northants, and of 2 carucates of
land, with appurtenances, in Water Stratford, Bucks, together with all lands,
rents, reversions, and services which late were Roger Giffard's in the vills and
fields of Astewell, Helydon, and Water Stratford, before the Feast of Easter
next following the date of this bond, so that it shall be lawful for the said
Alianora to make waste in the said manors, lands, and tenements and every
parcel of the same without impeachment, vexation, or molestation whatso-
ever during her life, then this bond shall be void and of no effect. (Close
Rolls, 8 Henry VI [1429-30], 280, m. 13 dorso.)
Release, dated 1 September, 9 Henry VI [1430], by Thomas Giffard, son
and heir of Roger Giffard, to John Stokys and Isabel, now his wife, formerly
the wife of said Roger, of the manor of Twyford, in co. Bucks, and Bekbroke
and Newnton, co. Oxford, which William Stretele and William Kyng con-
veyed to Roger Giffard aforesaid, now deceased, and the said Isabel, then his
wife, and their issue, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Roger.
(Close Rolls, 9 Henry VI [1430-31], 281, m. 14 dorso.)
Grant to Nicholas Gifford of Duston, co. Northants, Gent., he having
paid £297. 14s. into the hands of the treasurer of the Court of Augmenta-
tions, of the house and site of the late monastery of St. James by Northamp-
ton, CO. Northants, now dissolved, and of the grove called the Great Grove,
containing about 10 acres, in a street called St. James End, in the parish of
Duston by Northampton, late belonging to the said monaster}^, and of the
water mill, houses, stables, orchards, gardens, etc., within the said site, and all
pastures, meadows, and lands called Dovehouse Close, Oxclesae, Calves'
Close, and the Geldyng Close, containing about 19 acres, 1 rood, and 16
perches, lying in the parish of Duston, and the 3 spinneys containing about
1 acre, 3 roods, 16 perches in Duston, whereof two lie next the North Gate
of the said monastery and the other on the east of the great orchard of the
said monastery, and all the meadow, containing about 38 acres, in the com-
mon field of Duston, and the field called Abbot's Meadow in Duston, and
all the lands, about 152 acres, in the common fields of Duston, all belonging
to the said monastery, as well as the trees, but excepting any lead, to hold
as freely and fully as the late Abbot.
Whereas William Harryetts als Polle has the curtilage called the Feyre
Yard within the said site, together with the tolls and other profits of the fair
called St. James Fair, for the term of his life, the King grants the reversion of
the same, after WiUiam Harryetts's death, to the said Nicholas Gifford.
The said house and site and the messuages, lands, fairs, etc., are of the clear
yearly value of £16. 6s. 8d., and the same are granted to Nicholas Gifford,
his heirs and assigns, for ever, to hold of the King in chief by the service of
the fortieth part of a knight's fee and the yearly rental of 32s. 8d. Dated
12 September, 37 Henry VIII [1545]. (Patent Rolls, 37 Henry VIII [1545-
46], part 1, no. 768, m. 34.)
From Probate Records
The Will of Thomas Gefford, dated 10 October 1511. To be buried in
the parish church of Twyford [co. Bucks]. To Jane, my wife. I charge my
son upon my blessing to come home and take his wife unto him. Thomas
Langston and Richard Samwell to make my daughter Mary sure of her
jointure. Residuary legatees: Jayne, my wife, Thomas Langston, and
Richard Samwell, and they are to be my executors. Proved 18 November
1511 by Thomas Friser, proctor for Joan, the relict and executrix named in
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the will. (P.C.C., Fettiplace, 4.) [For longer abstract of this will see
Register, vol. 71, page 170.]
The Will of Roger Gyfforde of Mydle Cleydon, co. Bucks, Esq., dated
24 September 1538. To be buried in the parish church of All Saints in Mydle
Cleydon. Whereas I hold the manor of Mydle Cleydon, with appurtenances,
in the county of Bucks, of Raufe Verney of Penley in the county of Hertford,
Esq., by his deed dated 14 November, 27 Henry VIII [1535], for the term of
ninety-five years yet to come, which lease I purchased for the living of Mary,
my wife, if she overlive me, and for my own natural sons, I will and bequeath
said lease to George Gyiforde, my second son, to John Gyfforde, my eldest
son, to Rauffe Gyfforde, my third son, to William Gyfforde, my fourth son,
and to Nycholas Gyfforde, my youngest son, provided that the manner of
occupation of said manor shall be observed as herein expressed : my son George
solely to have the occupation of said farm for the term of forty-one years;
but if said George die during the forty-one years, said grant is then to cease.
Said George is to pay all rents and charges due by virtue of said lease, during
his occupation thereof, and is also to pay my said son John Gyfforde during
his occupation of said lease, at the two usual terms of the year, £20 yearly,
and if said John die, said George shall pay £20 yearly, equally divided among
his brethren. After the decease of said George said John Gyfforde shall
have the occupation of said farm of Cleydon during the term of forty-one
years; or if said George's term of forty-one years expires, said John shall
hold the lease for forty-one years; and for lack of him the next brother in
age, and so the remainder to follow to my other sons until the last of my
said sons ; and when my last son surviving shall die, then any years remain-
ing shall be granted by him to the heir male of my eldest son John, to have
and to hold to him, his heirs and assigns, the residue of years yet to come.
All my other leases I will to my son George Gyfforde, to be ordered in like
manner as the lease of the aforesaid manor of Cleydon. If I have not, at
the time of my decease, paid the £100 I promised my son Nycholas Gyforde,
then my executors shall pay said Nycholas £100 within one year of my de-
cease. My said son George shall give to my said wife Mary the annuity
of 100 markes [?] and meat and drink for her and her maid. To my son
John Gyfford £100. I forgive my son George his debt of £220, he paying
within thirteen months after my death to my son William Gyfforde £40
and to my son Nycholas £40. I freely forgive my son Rauffe Gyfforde the
£35 he oweth me. Residuary legatee: my wife Mary. Executors: my
wife Mary and my sons John Gyfforde, George, Rauffe, William, and Nych-
olas. I set my seal to this my last will and testament this 28 April, 34
Henry VIII [1542].
Bequests of household goods or money to my son John Gifforde, my son
George, every other of my sons, my godson Roger (my son John Gifforde's
son), my godson Roger (my son Rauffe Gifforde's son), my godson Thomas
(my son George's son), my daughter Dawnsty, my sister Fongan, and my
brother Robert Gyfforde, and mention of my wife Mary Gifforde.
[Signed] 2 December, 34 Henry VIII [1542], my mother Mary Gj^orde,
William Smythe, John Mason, and Elyn Gyifforde being then present, on
the Saturday in the morning, per me, George G3^ord, as commanded by
my father, the said Roger, on the day and year last stated. Proved 8
February 1543/4 by Robert Alen, notary public, proctor for the relict, John
G3rfford, George (jyfford, Rafe Gyfford, William Gyfford, and Nicholas
Gyfford, the executors named, etc. (P.C.C., Pynnyng, 2.) [For longer ab-
stract of this will see Register, vol. 71, pages 170-171.]
The Will of John Gyfforde of Hillesdon, co. Bucks, Esq., dated 3 De-
cember 1545. To be buried in Hillesdon churchyard. To my three sons,
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Roger, John, and Jerrard Gifford, and my two daughters, Anne and Mary
Gift'ord, my lease of the farm of Sellesworth, to take the profits for six years,
after which I bequeath the same to my eldest son in tail male, with contin-
gent remainders to my second son Roger, my son John, my son Jerard in
tail male, the eldest son of my brother George Gyfford, the eldest son of my
brother Nicholas Gifford, the eldest son of my brother Ralph Gifford in
tail male, and my right heirs. To my wife Dorothy the farm of the parson-
age of Hillesdon and £20 a year; after her death the same to my second
son. Executors: my wife Dorothy and my eldest and my second sons.
Overseers: my cousin John Arden and Edward Gyfford. [Signed] John
Gifford. [No witnesses.] Proved 19 November 1547 by the relict and
William Gifford, the eldest son, with power reserved to Roger, the second
son, when he shall apply for the same. (P. C. C., Alen, 49.)
The Will of Nicolas Gefford, dated 16 May 1546. To be buried where it
shall please Anne my wife, whom I make my sole executrix. To the mother
church of Peterborough 6d. To Dos ton church 6s. 8d. To my servant
Robert 40d. To Wyllm Danby 3s. 4d. To John Cortilby 3s. 4d. To Agnes,
my maid, 6s. 8d. To the nurse 3s. 4d. To my loving wife Anne Gefford all
my goods and moveables, to pay my debts and towards the finding of my
children and hers between us begotten. Unto the King's Majesty the third
of my land during the minority of my son, as the law wills, and the other two
parts of my land unto my said wife Anne, towards her living and the keeping
of my children during her life; and if my said wife do die and not marry
again, then I will the disposition of this my will to my brother Georg, desiring
him to take it upon him. [No signature.] Witnesses: John Smyth, George
Ansley, Robert Mathes, servant with the said Nicolas Gefford. Proved 15
September 1546 by the executrix named in the will. (Northampton WiUs,
Book I, 1545-1548, p. 225.)
The Will of Thomas Giffarde of Twj^ord, co. Bucks, Esq., dated 2 No-
vember 1550. To be buried in Twj^ord parish church, near my father's
tomb. To my wife Mary all my plate for her life, and after her death to my
son John, and all my household to her and my said son. To my cousin
Robert Beck £20. To William Beck £10. To their sister Bridget Beck
£10. To the said John Gifforde 500 sheep, at his age of twenty-two. To my
cousin George Gifforde of Middle Cleydon, co. Bucks, Esq., my great
chain of gold worth £70, he giving my executors in ready money £36, whereof
I bequeath to my cousin William Gifforde of Thorpe, co. Northants, £5 and
a cup of silver worth £5 with my name engraved on it, to my cousin Ralph
Gifforde of Steplecleydon £5 and a like cup, to Thomas Gifforde, son of the
said George and my godchild, £5 and a like cup, and to my cousins, WilHam,
Roger, and John Gifforde, sons of my cousin John Gifford, late of Hillesdon,
deceased, 40s. each. To my cousin William Giffarde of Thorpe my satin
gown. To my servant Elinor Pakyngton £10 and a house in Twyford
called the Erles. To my servant John Hownde the tenement in which
John Barton now dwells in Egecote, co. Bucks, and after his death to my
daughter Ursula. To my servants Richard Strakare and Joyce his wife the
house where he now dwells, and to Henry Fraunkelen and Nicholas Hilton
the houses they dwell in, and my will is that Thomas Weynman and Ursula
his wife shall within one year of my decease make assurance of the same to
them. As to my lands and tenements of the clear yearly value of £180,
whereof the demesne lands of my manor of Twyford are worth £3 1.1 7s.,
the customary lands £12.1 Is., the demesne lands of my manor of Powndon
in Twyford £5. 18s., the customary lands £11. 17s., the demesnes of the manor
of Charnedon in Twyford £54 and the customary £18, and lands in Fringes-
ford, CO. Oxford, £12, in Newnton Jewell and Begbrook, co. Oxford, £10,
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in Helydon, eo. Northants, £14.10s., in Water Stratford, co. Bucks, 40s.,
and in Coggs, co. Oxford, 15s., I give to my wife all my lands in Twyford and
Stockinge Closes in Cherndon Field and my mill in Padmore Furlong, and to
my daughter Ursula all my lands in Begbrook and Newnton Jewell and in
Charnedon, and after my wife's decease my lands in Twyford, as agreed on
her marriage with Thomas Wayneman, in an indenture between Richard
Waineman, Esq., deceased, father of Thomas, and myself. The other lands
mentioned I give to my son John. Executors: my cousin George Gifford of
Middle Cleydon, co. Bucks, Esq., and Thomas Denton of Hillesdon, co.
Bucks, Esq. Overseer: my cousin John Ardern of Cotisford, co. Oxford,
Gent. [Signed] Thomas Giffard. Witnesses: John Hownd, Ric. Strakare,
Richard Notingham, Nicholas Todd. [Legacies to tenants and servants
(named).] Proved 7 February 1550 [1550/1] by the executors named in the
will. (P. C. C., Bucke, 4.)
The Will of Sm George Giffard of Middle Claydon, co. Bucks, Knight,
dated 20 November 1556. To the parishes of Middle Claydon, Padburye,
Stowe, Swanbourne, and Marston, co. Bucks, whereof I am now farmer of
their parsonages, various legacies. To my wife Philippa £100 of household
stuff, to be appraised by Sir Richard Morren, clerk, parson of Hardewicke,
CO. Bucks, my cousin Thomas Colwell, John Wilson the Elder, and William
Faunte of Leicestershire, Esq., who are to make an inventory of all my
goods. To my son Thomas my best saltcellar with a birrall and a George
and Dragon in it and a cover. To my daughter Prudence £200 and to my
daughter Lettice £200, at their ages of eighteen; if they die before, the same
to the male children of my late brothers, John, Ralph, and Nicholas Gyffard.
To my sister Anne Gyffard a gold ring, and the same to my sister Alice
Gyffard. To my brother Ralph Gyffard my annuity of £5 out of the Min-
ories for the term of years yet to come. To my son Thomas Gedge £3. 6s. 8d.
To the executors of my son James Gedge my lease of Waltham Holy Cross
called Houndesland, in Essex in the parish of Margetting. To my cousins
and servants John Wilson the Younger, John, Samuel, and Robert Aston,
William Curie, and William Haynes 40s. a year. To my cousin Elizabeth
Hickman 40s., to pray for me. To my wife's eldest son, Edmond Shaa, a
cup of silver and gilt. To her sons Robert and Thomas Shaa £6. 13s. 4d.
and all that was bequeathed to them by their late father, Edmund Shaa,
deceased. To my godson George Giffard, son of my brother Nicholas, my
annuity of 40s. out of the late priory of Olnescroft, co. Leicester, disssolved.
To my wife Philippa all my lands and tenements in Fulbroke and Hogshawe,
CO. Bucks, for life, and also the lease of the demesnes of Middle Claydon and
the farm of the rectories of Padbury, Swanbourne, and North Marston, co.
Bucks, and after her death the same to my son Thomas, in tail male, with
contingent remainders, and, in default of male issue, to any other my sons,
to my said daughters, and to the heirs male of my brother Nicholas Gyffard.
To John Gyffard, son of my brother John, £20. To my son Thomas the
manor and rectory of Stowe and my lands called Parkefeldes, Gorall, and
Heremytes Fields, co. Bucks, at his age of twenty-one. Executors: Thomas
Colwell, Gent., Richard Morreyn, clerk, parson of Hard wick, William Faunte,
Esq., Richard Woodhef, Gent., and my said wife. Overseers: Sir Thomas
Tresham, Knight, and Thomas Denton, Esq. Residuary legatee: my son
Thomas. [Signed] George Gifford. Witnesses: John Samuell, Albert
Tocins, James Dalbon, John Myller, John Smyth.
Codicil, dated 24 December 1557. I appoint as my executors my wife,
my cousin Thomas Colwell, and Sir John Ravise, clerk, parson of Middle
Claydon, and as appraisers of my goods Edmond Wyndesore, Esq., John
Crooke, Esq., and William Philippes of Buckingham, yeoman of the Queen's
Guard. To my servant Nicholas Hickman the 40s. bequeathed to his
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mother Elizabeth, now dead. To my sister Jane Dauntesey the cup and
cover of silver and gilt that my lady Anne of Cleve gave me. To my wife
thfe lands in Parkfields, co. Bucks, which I bought of George Tyrrell, Esq.
[Many small legacies to servants, who are named, but no Gifford is among
them.] Witnesses: John Myller, William Bradbourne, and Agnes Gyffard,
widow. To the Abbess and Convent of Syon, co. Middlesex, my tithes of
Elton and Wynster, co. Derby. To my sister Frysewide Strelley, widow,
gentlewoman of the Queen's Privy Chamber, a tankard of silver, parcel-gilt.
[Signed] George Gyffard. Proved 19 January 1557 [1557/8] by Justinian
Kidde, proctor to Philippa, relict and executrix, with power reserved to the
other executors; and proved 21 November 1562 by Thomas Col well and
John Ravise, clerk.
On 16 February 1593 a commission was issued to Thomas Giffard, son of
the deceased, to administer the goods, etc., of the deceased left unadminis-
tered by the executors, then all dead. (P. C. C, Noodes, 2.)
The Will of John Gifford, utter barrister of the Middle Temple, dated
8 August 1572. To Mrs. Ryseley £20, and to my godson George Ryseley
£7. To Mr. Ryseley himself £4. To the poor of Twiford £4; I desire
three peals to be rung and the ringers to have ale and bread. To the poor in
ten of the poorest towns round Twiford £20. To Lady Gifford, late wife to
Sir George Gifford, £20. To my cousin Thomas Gilford's wife £8, to buy a
piece of plate and have my name put thereon. To Richard Straker, my
father's old man, £4, and to his wife 40s. and my acre of land in Charnedon
Fields, and after their decease the said land to Peter Roos, Gent., and his
heirs for ever. To Mrs. Denton, wife of Mr. Denton, my father's executor,
£20. To my cousin Roger Gyfforde of Hillesdon £20. To my cousin Dr.
Gifford £10, and to his wife 40s. To Mrs. Rowseley 40s. To Mr. Peacock,
dwelling in the Old Change, £10. To my cousin Colwell 20 marks. Execu-
tors: ^'my old companion & fellow," Peter Roos, fellow of the Middle Temple,
and William Ryseley of Chittewood, co Bucks, Gent. Overseer: Mr. Pea-
cock. [Signed] John Gifford. Witnesses: John Peacock, W.P. [sic] John
Bere, skinner, John Bratt, skinner, William Ryseley. Proved 23 October
1572 by Master William Beadle, notary public, proctor to the executors.
(P.C.C, Draper, 32.)
The Will of Agnes Gtfford of St. James near Northampton, widow, dated
18 August 1581. To be buried in the chancel of the parish church of Duston,
in said county of Northampton, on the south side of the grave of my hus-
band, Nicholas Gyfford, Gent., if it do please God I depart this life in the par-
ish of Duston. As to the order of my funeral I do refer to the discretion of
Roger Gyfford, Gent., my son, whom I make sole executor of this my last
will and testament. To the poor of Duston 3s. 4d. To the poor of Upton
6s. 8d. To the poor of Dallington 6s. 8d. To every poor household in St.
James End 4d. To poor inhabitants of Northampton 10s. To the prisoners
in the Castle and in the town gaol 10s. To the Vicar of Duston 10s. To
every servant my son Roger shall happen to have at the time of my death
12d. To my daughter Amy Gyfford, my son Roger's wife, 40s. to make a
memorial ring, my best velvet hat, and my cloth riding hood. To the chil-
dren of my said son Roger Gyfford: to ffrauncis Gyfford, his son and heir,
my mawdlyn boxx of sylver white; to Thomas G3^ord, his second son, 20s.;
to Nicholas Gyfford, his third son, my best standing bedstead with feather
bed, bolster, 2 pillows and a pair of blankets, a white coverlet and my best
coverlet, 2 pairs of my best sheets, 2 pairs best pillowbeares, 2 chamber
towels with little white work, a long coffer, a long cushion, a window cloth of
old silk, and the great press standing in my chamber, to be given him at the
age of twenty-one years, and if he die before that age, the above legacy shall
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go to his sister Marie Gyfford; to the said Marie Gyfford 20s.; to George
Gyfford, son of my said son Roger Gyfford, 20s. To my said son Roger
Gyffard the use of 3 bowls of sylver and 5 sylver spoons for his natural life,
and on his death I will that they remain to his next heir male, and so from
heir male to heir male. Whereas my son-in-law Hugh Sergent standeth
bound to me in obligation of 20 marks, with condition he pay £10 unto such
person or persons as I shall by my last will or other writing appoint, I
bequeath 40s. thereof to my son Thomas Colwell, to make a ring, and if he
die before me, then to my nephew Thomas Colwell; to my daughter Barbara
Colwell 20s. of the said £10, to make a ring; to my son George Gyfford 40s.,
to make a ring; to my daughter Anne Gyfford, his wife, 20s., to make a ring;
to his sons: to Richard Gyfford 20s., to Roger Gyfford 20s., and to Edward
Gyfford 20s.; the 40s. residue of the £10 I give to Gerves Morton, my son-
in-law, to buy him a mare. To my son Thomas Colwell the use of 1 goblet
of silver which my father gave me, for life, and on his death it is to remain to
Richard Colwell, his son, and then from next male heir to next male heir.
To my son Thomas Colwell 3 silver spoons for life, and on his death they are
to be divided between his sons, Richard, John, and Thomas. To Lucy Col-
well my best petticoat and 40s. Certain sheep I gave to Thomas Colwell,
my son, as the beginning of a stock to be divided among his children, I will
my said executor do see the same divided among the said children, Richard
Colwell, John Colwell, Thomas Colwell, Lucye Colwell, Tecla Colwell, Marie
Colwell, and Agnes Colwell. To the said Thomas Colwell a gold piece of 20s.
To my son George Gyfford the use of 1 silver salt and 6 silver spoons for
life, to remain to his next heir male on his decease, and so from heir male to
heir male, and 2 angels. To my daughter Margrett Sargeant my ring with
the Turk's stone, half my linen wearing apparel and the chest wherein it
lieth, my best cloth gown caped with velvet, and my cloke, safegarde, and
skarff. The other half of my linen wearing apparel I give to the daughters
of my daughter Margrett, to be divided between them at her discretion,
saving that I will out of my said linen wearing apparel Elizabeth Edwards
and Agnes Sergeant shall have each of them one of my best smocks,
all my fine neckerchers made and unmade, and 4 pairs of cuffes, except my
third best smock, my best kercher and neckkercher of holland, and 1 pair of
cuffes that I bequeathed to Elizabeth Allyne. To Elizabeth Edwards my
cloth gowne furred and my second best kirtle. To my son-in-law Thomas
Waldram 20s., for a ring. To my daughter Marie Waldram, his wife, my
best stuff gown, my best kirtle, and my french hood. Whereas my said son-
in-law Gervis Morton has already had of me £3. 6s. 8d. for a stock of sheep
to benefit his children, I require my said executor to see such flock be con-
tinued to such time as the said children come to the age of twenty-one or be
married. To my maid my working-daie petticoat, my working-day kirtle,
one smock, and one of my working-daie neckerchers. Residuary legatee
and executor: my son Roger Gyfford. [No witnesses.] Proved 28 March
1584 by the executor named in the will.
I, Agnes Gyffokd of St. James nigh Northampton, wydow, commonly
called Anne Gyfford, ordain this my last will and testament concerning the
disposition of such lands and hereditaments as I am seized of in fee simple,
in manner following:
One messuage and backsyde, with appurtenances, lying in St. James End,
nigh Northampton, having the street called Harper Street on the north and
my purchased close called Abbot's Close on the south and west, which said
messuage I purchased of Roger Carrell, Gent. And the Abbott's Close lying
in St. James End aforesaid, having the highway to Duston on the east side
and a close now Frauncis Sam well's, Gent., and Duston Common Meade on
the south and a close called the Gridiron Close on the west, which I pur-
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chased of Edward Watson and Henry Herdson, Gent. And am likewise
seised in fee of 2 parcels of pasture lying in St. James, one piece on the east
side by the late Church of St. Margrett's in St. James and the other on the
west side of the churchyard, with 2 pieces I bought from Roger Carrell.
My will is that George Gyffard, my son, shall have all and single the said
messuage and backside, Abbott's Close, and 2 parcels of pasture, with all
premises and appurtenances thereto belonging, for and during his life, and
on his death they shall remain to such person as is his wife, and on her death
to the next heir male of the said George, and in default of such issue to
Thomas Colwell, my son, and Barbary Colwell, his wife, to them and their
heirs male, and in default of such issue to Roger Gyfford, my son, and to
his heirs male, and in default of such issue to the right heirs of me, Agnes
Gyfford, for ever.
In witness whereof I do set my hand and seal the 16th January 1569.
Proved 28 March 1584 bv Roger Gyfford, the executor named in the will.
(Northampton Wills, Book V,a578-1589, pages 138 et seq.)
The nuncupative Will of Roger Giffarde of St. James near Northampton,
declared 26 September 1591.
I have made no will and therefore I pray you that are present to bear wit-
ness that this is my last will and testament :
To divide my goods among my children, they would be very small amongst
them; therefore my will is my wife shall have all my goods to the use and
benefit of herself and my children towards her living, and in consideration
she shall be good to her poor children and mine. Also my will is that she
shall have two parts of my lands, and the third part must descend to my
son ffrauncis according to the course of law, which I cannot give from him.
Also, as there are some debts between my brothers George Giffarde, Thomas
Colwell, and Hughe Sargiant, and myself, my will is to forgive them all and
any, though the debt that my brother Cole well oweth me ''was a part of thy
legacy given to thee by thy good father, yet I pray thee forgive it him for
my sake."
This was the last will which Roger Giffarde of St. James in the county
of Northampton hath declared the 26th of September 1591, in the presence
of the parties hereunder specified, viz., Amye Giffarde, ffrauncis Giffarde,
George Giffarde, John Brocke.
Commission to administer the goods of the deceased was granted 29 Octo-
ber 1591 to Amye, relict of the deceased, in the person of William Paynter,
notary public and procurator for the said Amye. (Northampton Wills,
Book Y, 1591-1594, page 2.)
The Will of Phillipp, Lady Gifforde, widow, late wife of Richard Nor-
ton, Esq., and before of Sir George Gifford of Middle Claydon, co. Bucks,
Knight, and sometime of Edmond Shaa, citizen and haberdasher of Lon-
don, dated 1 November 1593. To be buried in the chancel of the parish
church of Middle Claydon, near my late husband. Sir George Gifford. My
sons and their wives, my daughters and their husbands, and my servants
and my old servants, Thomas Winchester, Thomas Maye, Thomas Rades,
and his wdfe Joan, shall have mourning at my charges. My executors shall
purchase lands sufficient to the value of £7 a year and shall convey the same
to themselves, my son Thomas Gifford, Francis Poor, and Edmund Shaa,
for the churchwardens of Middle Claj^don yearly to distribute to five poor of
Middle Claydon, East Claydon, or Steeple Claydon 20d. every Sunday, that
is, to each 4d., and to 20 poor folks on the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle*
40s. and on Good Friday 6s. 8d. I have already distributed my plate, jewels,
and household stuff among my children. My piece of new linen cloth in a
*The Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle falls on 21 December.
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bag, my shroud being cut out, shall be divided among my four children,
Thomas Gifford, Edmund Shaa, Prudence Poore, and Lettis Verney. To
my cousin Walter Curzon my tablet that I wore on my neck. To my son
Edmund Shaa the cross I wore on my arm. To my niece Barbara, wife of
my cousin Colwell, deceased, £3. 6s. 8d. To my servant Alice Caverley
my feather bed, bought of my nephew Sexten. [Legacies to Mary Nut-
browne and William Brathwayle.] Executors: my friends Richard Grawnte
and Walter Curzon of Addington, co. Bucks, Esquires. Overseers: my sons
Thomas Gifford and Edmund Shaa and my son-in-law Francis Poore, Esq.
[Signed] PhilHpp Gifford. Witnesses: Thomas Gefforde, Francis Poore,
William Braithwaite, Alice Caverley. To John Harrison, who[m] I brought
up, £6. 13s. 4d. Proved 14 November 1593 by Master Thomas Browne,
notary public, proctor to Richard Grawnte and Walter Curzon, Esquires, the
executors named in the will. (P. C. C, Nevell, 79.)
The Will of Amye Giffard of St. James, co. Northto°, widow, dated 28
May 1618. To be buried in that part of the Church of All Saints, North-
ampton, where Ffrancis Samwell, Esq., and Mary Samwell, his wife, my father
and mother, with other of my kindred, are buried. To the poor people who
shall comes to St. James the day of my funeral 40s. To Marie Giffard, my
daughter, an annuity of 20 marks, to be paid yearly, during her life, at St.
James aforesaid, upon the 25th day of July, provided that if my said daughter
Marie shall survive Alexander Mores, her now husband, and any children
living at the time of the decease of the said Alexander, my executor shaU
pay the said Marie 200 marks within twelve months next after notice is
given to the said Francis of the death of the said Alexander, at St. James
aforesaid, and that on the payment of the 200 marks the annuity shall cease
and become utterly void. To my daughter Marie the feather bed in my
mother Giffard's chamber, whereon my son George did sometime lie, and
also 1 bolster, 2 pillows, 2 blankets, a coverlet, 2 pairs flaxen and 2 pairs
hempen sheets, 2 tablecloths (1 flaxen and 1 hempen), 18 flaxen table napkins,
18 burden napkins, a towel, the chest in the little study, 6 pewter platters,
6 pewter dishes, 6 pewter saucers, the best brass pot in the kitchen, a little
brass pot, a brass possnett, half ''my yaren woll in the arriall," a linen whele, a
long chest in my lodging chamber, the painted box therein and all the linen
in it, my trunk next the window, all my wearing apparel both linen and
woollen, ''except my wedding gowne sieves and satten kirtle," half the black
wool in the arrial, half the hemp and tow in the arriall, my best hat, my
pillion cloth, cloke, and safegard, the great chest in my mother Giffard's
chamber, with its contents, a Uttle ring of gold, with an A. G thereon, "in
my hoUidaie purse," a pair of curtains of red and yellow, my hohday purse,
the little skillet, and all the little boxes in the cupboard table in my lodging
chamber, except one I give to my daughter EUzabeth Giffard. To George
Giffard, my son, 200 marks on his day of marriage, or within one month of
his being preferred into some good office or some good course, state, or con-
dition of Hfe; and my will is that my said son George shall take the advice
of my executor and overseer, or the survivor of them, and I will my executor
pay the said George 20 marks yearly on the 25th of July as interest for the
200 marks until the said George receive them. To the said George the bay
mare he now useth, 1 feather bed, 1 bolster, 2 blankets, 1 coverlet, 1 pillow,
1 pair of pillowbeares, half my black wool in the arriall, and 2 pairs of hempen
sheets; he shall be furnished with bands and cuffes according to the por-
tion of holland and cambric out of the black box, and the rest of the lawn
and cambric in the said box I will to my daughters Elizabeth and Marie.
To my son George 40s., to pay his debts, and linen out of one of the boxes
given to my said daughter Marie, to make him 2 shirts. To Thomas Gif-
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fard, my son, 100 marks, to be paid within the twelve months next after my
decease, at St. James aforesaid, and also a basin and ewer of pewter, the best
brass pot in the "woU-house," the bedstead in the Chappell Chamber, a
saltcellar, a feather bed, a mattress, 1 bolster, 2 blankets, 1 coverlet, 2 pil-
lows, 1 white rug, and the chest at the bed foot — all in the Chappell Cham-
ber, all my books which my said son Thomas gave me, the 6 newer cushions
in the great chamber, the press in my mother Giffard's chamber, the long
cushion in the chest in the study, the window cushion and \vHndow cloth be-
longing to the Chappell Chamber, half the trenchers in the press in the
great chamber, my second-best kettle and dripping pan, the great square
chest at my lodging chamber door, 2 of my best bord cloths, 2 finer towels,
2 burden towels, 2 pairs burden sheets in the chest in the great chamber —
the rest there I give to my son Francis Giffard, 18 flaxen napkins, 18 burden
table napkins, 2 pairs hempen sheets, 1 plate of pewter, and haK the boards in
the woll house. To Elizabeth Giffard, my daughter-in-law, Tvafe of my said
son Thomas Gifford, 2 pairs flaxen sheets, 2 pairs hempen sheets, 2 pairs pil-
lowbeares, 1 pair down pillows, in the Chappell Chamber chest, the best
pair of brazen candlesticks (except one pair to be given to my daughter
Jane Giffard), a pewter basin, a linen whele, half my woll in the buttery (ex-
cept black woll), half my cooprye ware, half my glasses and glass bottles, a
little coffer, half my baskets, my marriage go^vTie, sieves thereto, and my
satten kirtle, the great jug pott, half my tow and hemp in the arriall and
buttery, 2 blanket cloths in the arriall, 2 end cushions, a little posnett, and
"a, drie ffatt at the starr chamber dore," all my cruell to be di\dded between
my daughters Marie and Elizabeth aforesaid. To Ffrauncis Giffard, my son,
1 tablecloth, a towel, 12 table napkins, all wrought with laide worke, a great
bedstead in the great chamber, with the do^soi bed, feather bed, and mat-
tress, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows, a coverlet, the press, chests, tables, the frames,
the form stools, 2 carpets, the 6 greatest cushions and all furniture belonging
to the great chamber, 3 silver bowls, 6 silver spoons, a gilt saltcellar, a Uttle
silver pot, which are heirlooms, all ''my armoure and the guilte Jacke'^ in the
press in my own chamber, 3 chests in the Chappell Chamber, except the one
given to Thomas, the 2 leaden furnaces in the kitchen, the cooling leads and
the leaden salting cistern, 6 ancient pewter platters, 6 pewter dishes, 6 saucers
and a basin and ewer — all of pewter, another leaden cistern in the malt
house, 1 plate of pewter, the biggest white rug, the books my said son Ffraun-
cis hath given me, 3 window cushions wrought with gold, 6 needlework cush-
ions, the cubbard, the great press, the cubbard table in my lodging chamber, a
dripping pan, "ye two best splits, ye clocke & ye bell for ye same," my
wedding ring, the chest in the white chamber, 18 burden napkins, 1 fine borde
cloth, 18 flaxen table napkins, my ordinary wearing linen in the house, as
shetes, tablecloths, towels, and napkins, the stall [?] gear, such as poles,
tressles, and bords, except half the boards in the wool house, also the provi-
sion of fish and cheese, the long ladder, the old brass pot in the kitchen, 1
brass pot now in use in the new kitchen, all the doors, ■v\dndows, shutters,
gates, poles, pales, and rails and benches about the precincts of St. James
aforesaid, and all my carts, ploughs, harrows and wheles, tires, cart timber,
plough timber, harrow timber, and harness for the teams. To Jane Gifford,
my daughter-in-law and wife of my said son Ffrauncis Giffard, a linen whele,
half my cooperie ware, half my glasses and glass bottles, the first best kettle,
the best pair of brazen candlesticks, half the wool yarne and tow in the but-
tery, a little posnet, all my hemp unpicked, and all my dairy vessels and
furniture. To every of the youngest sons of Sir Wm. Samwell, Knight,
1 angel of gold each. To my sister Love 2 bonegraces and the gilden psalter
that was my fathers. To Roger Giffard, son of Francis Giffard, £3 and my
husband's wedding shirt, wrought with gold strings. To every other of the
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children of my said son Francis Giffard — being ten in number — 20s. each.
To my cousin EHzabeth Morton 10s. To Mr. Rushbrooke of Northampton
20s. To Walter Curteis, my servant, 20s. To my cousin Thomas Ludlowe
5s. To William Austin 5s. To each of my servants living with me at the
time of my decease 12d. To my cousin George Samwell 10s. To my sis-
ter Moulso "si cornett and a BiUyment.'^ Residuary legatee and executor:
my son Ffrauncis Giffard. Overseer: my dearly loved brother Sir William
Samwell, Knight. [Signed] Amie Gifferd. Witnesses: Walter Curteis,
Jhoon Carvell. Proved 11 July 1618 by the executor named in the will.
Inventory, £688. 6s. lOd. (Northampton Wills, Series 2, Original Wills,
Book M, page 143.)
The Will of Francis Gifford of St. James near Northampton, Esq.,
1625. To be buried near my ancestors in Doston chancel. To my daughter
Jane Gifford threescore pounds, to be added to that £40 given to her by her
grandfather, Mr. Richard Throughton, Esq., late of Hanslapp, deceased.
To my other five daughters, Ann, Amey, Susan, Mary, and Sara Gifford,
£100 each, which sums of money shall thus be paid: to Jane, Ann, and
Amey within two years next after my death, and to the other three, Susan,
Mary, and Sara, as they shall severally accomplish the age of twenty-one
years. If any of my said daughters die, her portion shaU be divided between
the survivors, and the three elder ones, being of marriageable age, shall re-
ceive £20 more at marriage. To my three younger sons, Richard, Francis,
and Lawrence Giffard, £100 each, to be given to them when they severally
attain the age of twenty-three years; and if any of them die before that
age, I will his portion be divided among the survivors. My younger chil-
dren hereinbefore named shall have their maintenance and education out of
the lease made by me and our son Thomas unto my wife and our son Rich-
ard until the time their several portions be paid. I make my well-beloved
wife Jane Giffard my sole executrix, and to her I bequeath all and singular
the rest of my goods. Overseers: my loving uncle Sir William Samwell and
my loving cousin Sir Rogar Samwell. [Signed] Ffrancis Giffard. Witnesses:
Beniamyn Tomkins, George James, Matthewe Sillesbie, scr. Proved 20 June
1625 by Jane, relict of the deceased, the executrix named in the will. In-
ventory, £572. lis. 4d. (Northampton WHls, Book AV, 1621-1628, page 224.)
The Will of Jane Giffard of St. James neere the town of Northampton,
in CO. Northants, widow, dated 30 August 1632. To be buried in the chan-
cel of the parish church of Duston, next to the grave where my dear husband,
Ffrancis Giffard, Esq., lyeth interred. To my son Thomas Giffard my great-
est bedstead, with furniture belonging thereto, 1 pair of blankets, the leaden
coolers, the leaden salting trough, the cofferne, the great press in my lodging
chamber, 2 silver wine bowls, 1 gilt saltcellar, 6 silver spoons, the great chest
in the parlour, the iron chest and the press in the hall chamber, 6 Turkey-
work cushions, the brass chafron, and iron furnace, provided always that
my son Richard Giffard shall have the use and occupation of all things so
bequeathed to my said son Thomas, from henceforth until the expiration of
the lease to me made of the messuage, farm, and lands, with appurtenances,
wherein I now dwell, and then the said things are to be left upon the same
premises to and for the use of my said son Thomas and his heirs. To the
said Richard Giffard, my son, and his assigns all my lease and leases, estate,
interest, etc., whatsoever in the said messuage and now in my own occupa-
tion. My said son Richard, his executor, or assigns, shall truly pay to my
daughter Jane Giffard, out of the rents, issues, and profits thereof, the sum of
£40, over and above the legacy given to her by her father's will, within
five years next after my decease; and if the said Jane die before the £40 be
paid, I will the same be divided among her brothers and sisters, except my
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son Thomas. Unto the said Jane Giffard, iny daughter, my new blue and
white coverlet, 1 pair blankets, 1 pair flaxen and 1 pair hempen sheets, 12
flaxen napkins, 1 pair pillowbeares, 1 pair ordinary wearing sheets, the least
fine three-breadth sheet, 1 needlework cushion, 10 pewter dishes, and a
kettle. My son Richard shall pay to my daughter Amy Giffard, out of the
said rents, etc., £40, besides her legacy given her by her father. [Conditions
as to time and remainder similar to those given above.] I do give her one of
the feather beds and a bolster, in the hall chamber, the Arras coverlet, 1
pair of blankets, 2 pairs hempen and 2 pairs flaxen sheets, 2 bord cloths, 1
dozen flaxen napkins, one of the three-breadth sheets, the middlemost brass
pot, the thick, brass candle posnet, 10 pewter dishes, a cupboard cloth, 1 pair
pillowbeares, the hair trunk, 1 pair ordinary sheets, a needlework cushion, and
1 bowl. My son Richard shall pay my daughter Susan, out of the rents,
etc., £40, over and above the legacy given her by her father. [Conditions
as to time and remainder similar to those given above.] To the said Susan
1 pair pillowbears, 1 pair flaxen and 1 pair hempen sheets, the lesser chest
in the hall chamber, 1 three-breadth sheet, 1 needlework cushion, and 1
flaxen board cloth. There shall rest in my executor's hands the sum of £40,
for the use of Mary Molde, my daughter, till such time as my executor shall
think it expedient to pay it to her, he in the meantime paying her £8 yearly,
always bearing in mind that her husband shall have nothing to do with it.
My son Richard shall pay my daughter Sara Giffard the sum of £40, out of
the rents, etc., within five years after my decease; and if the said Sara die
before she receive it, then I will the £40 be thus divided: £10 to my grand-
child Jane Giffard, daughter of my son Richard; £10 to my grandchild
Francis Giffard, son of the said Richard Giffard; with other £10 my executor
shall buy each of my daughters a piece of plate; and the o^her £10 shall de-
scend to my grandchild Jane Moulde, to be paid at her day of marriage or at
the age of sixteen. To my daughter Sara the bedstead in the hall chamber,"
a feather bed and bolster there, a coverlet, a pair of blankets, 2 pairs flaxen
and 2 pairs hempen sheets, 1 pair ordinary wearing sheets, 1 three-bfeadth
sheet, 2 board cloths, 1 towel, 12 flaxen napkins, a pair pillowbears, a cup-
board cloth, 10 pewter dishes, 1 needlework cushion, the chest in which my
linen lies, a small brass pot, and 1 coarse towel. I will my unmarried daugh-
ters who so desire shall live at St. James during the lease granted to my son
Richard. I wiU my wearing apparel to be divided between my daughters
and daughter-in-law Ann Giffard. To my son Francis Giffard, above his
portion under his late father's will, £20, to be paid within the five years next
after my decease; and if he die before he receive it, then I will it be divided
between my two younger sons, Richard and Lawrence. To the said Francis
my great brass kettle, the brass pan, 1 pair flaxen and 1 pair hempen sheets,
and 1 pair pillowbears, and I will my executor give him at the time of his
freedom a feather bed, bolster, coverlet, and blanket. To my son Lawrence
£20, besides the portion given him by his father, to be paid to him at the
age of twenty-three years; and if he die before that age, the £20 to be divided
between Richard and Francis, my sons. To the said Lawrence 1 pair of flaxen
and 1 pair hempen sheets, and my executor is to give him at the time of his
freedom a feather bed, bolster, coverlet, and blanket. To my daughter
Elizabeth Giffard a pair of best brass candlesticks, the httle box in the chest
by my bedstead, a laid-work towel, and 12 laid-work napkins. To my
daughter-in-law Ann Giffard a pair of best candlesticks, 2 rope-work cushions,
and 1 pair flaxen sheets. To my grandchild, son of my son Thomas Giffard,
my little gilt salt. To each of my servants 12d. To the poor of Duston 10s.
To the poor of Dallington 6s. 8d. Residuary legatee and executor: my son
Richard Giffard. Overseers: my cousin Sir Richard Sam well, my loving
brother Mr. Thomas Giffard, and my loving friends Mr. Tomkyns and Mr.
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James, to each of whom I give 10s. to buy a ring. [Signed] Jane Giffard.
Witnesses: Beniamin Tomkyns, Edward James. Proved 15 December
1632 by Richard Giffard, son of the deceased, the executor named in the
will. Inventory, £675. 5s. (Northampton Wills, Series 2, Original Wills,
Book G, page 47.)
The Will of Robert Nanseglos of London, Gent., dated 15 October
1464. To be buried in the church of the House of the Salutation of the
Mother of God, Order of the Carthusians, near London, next the grave of
Dame Alice Clynton, late anchorite of London. To the high altar of St.
Botolph's without Aldersgate, London, 3s. 4d. To Sir Thomas Davy, chap-
lain of that church, 6s. 8d. To Master William Vincent, rector of All Souls,
London Wall, 6s. 8d., to pray for my soul. To Thomas Billingay and
Elizabeth, his wife, £20. To my servant John Reed £10. All the residue
of my goods, etc., to my executors, to pray for my soul. Executors: my
brother William Nanseglos and my kinsman Richard Nanseglos. Witnesses:
Master William Vyncent, Sir Christopher Davy, and others. Proved
6 November 1465 by Richard Nanseglos, with power reserved to the other
executor. (P.C.C., Godyn, 11.) [Translated from the Latin.]
The Will of William Nanseglos, Senior, of co. Essex, Gent., dated 3
February 1476 [? 1476/7]. To be buried in the chancel of the parish church
of St. Leonard, Shaldeford. To the same church 6s. 8d. To the parish church
of St. Andrew, Enfield, co. Middlesex, 3s. 4d. To my daughter Alice 20
marks, and £20 at her lawful age. To my daughter Mary £20 at her law-
ful age. To my wife Lucy my household goods. The residue of all my
goods and chattels to my executors, for my wife and children. I desire my
executors to take the yearly rents of my tenements in Holborn, co. Middle-
sex, in the tenures of John Rudyng, Archdeacon of Lincoln, and of John
Bush, and the rent of a tenement in Portpole Lane called Copped Hall, to
pay a chaplain to celebrate mass for my soul for three years after my de-
cease and for the soul of William Cotton, Esq., deceased, formerly my mas-
ter, in the churches of Shaldeford and Enfield, and my son William Nanseglos
is to have the said tenements. To my wife Lucy my tenement in Enfield, co.
Middlesex, for life, and after her death to my son William. To my wife my
manor called Redefan and all appurtenances in Shaldeford, Wetheresfeld,
Berdefield, and Fynchingfield, co. Essex, with remainder to my said son. To
my said son my tenements in Holborn called the Plough and the Bishop and
my three meadows in Kentish Town, co. Middlesex. To my sister Eliza-
beth 20s. a year for life. I desire my executors to take the rents of my
lands and tenements in Ixning, co. Suffolk, and in Newmarket, co. Cam-
bridge, during the minority of my son Thomas, and he is to have the same
at his lawful age. If my sons die without heirs, I give the said lands, etc.,
to my daughters, viz., Elizabeth, wife of Humfrey Dounham, Alice, and
Mary. Executors: my wife Lucy, William Barton, Humfrey Dounham,
and Thomas Cranford. [No signature or witnesses.] Proved 1 July 1477
by the relict and executrix named in the will, with power reserved to the ex-
ecutors. (P.C.C, Waltys, 29.) [Translated from the Latin.]
The Will of John Maister of the Towne porte of Sandwiche [co. Kent],
dated 24 August 1558. To be buried in the Chapel of Our Lady Saint Mary
within the church of Sandwiche I will there be said at my burial ten masses,
at my month's day ten masses, and at my twelve months' day ten masses.
To Elizabeth, my wife, £100, to be paid within three months of my death.
My household stuff shall be divided into five parts, whereof [I bequeath] to
Elizabeth, my wife, one part, to Peter Maister, my son, one part, to James,
my son, one part, to John Maister, my son, one part, and [to] the child she is
280 Genealogical Research in England [Oct.
conceived with the fifth part. My wife Elizabeth shall have the custody
of James, my son, and John, my son, till full age or day of marriage. If
said James, John, or the child unborn die, or any one of them, then I will
that such portion remain to Elizabeth, my wife. To my brother-in-law
Richard Marten of Rye. To Thomas Maister, my son, my coat faced mth
foynes before and fox behind. To Peter Mayster, my son, the residue of
my apparel. To my sister Marten of Rye. To Agnes Gifford, my daugh-
ter, £20, to be paid within twelve months of my death. To every child that
my said daughter may now have alive £20, to be paid in like manner. To
my cozen Agnes Gr^jm 20s. To the child she now hath alive 6s. 8d.
Whereas I have given to Elizabeth, my wife, £100 and the one fifth part of
my household stuff and also a certain house and lands at Worthe, for the term
of her life, if my said wife be not content to give unto my sons Thomas Mais-
ter and Peter Maister and my other sons a clear acquittance for any dower
that she may claim on and above £10 a year given her out of my manor of
Stodmershe, then all such bequests unto said Elizabeth shall not stand as
gifts until she hath given them a lawful discharge for her dowry as aforesaid.
Residuary legatees: Elizabeth, my wife, James Maister, my son, John
Maister, and the child yet unborn. Executors: Elizabeth, my w^fe, and
Thomas Colwell. Overseers : my brother William Payne of Canterbury and
Thomas Maister, my son.
Concerning my lands, tenements, and hereditaments: My eldest son
Thomas Maister shall have all the manor of Stodmershe, co. Kent, with all
appurtenances, etc., except such lands, marshes, and hereditaments here-
after mentioned willed to Peter Maister, my son, to belong to said Thomas
Mayster, his heirs and assigns, for ever; so that neither said Thomas Maister
nor his heirs nor assigns claim any part of the manor of Estlangdon, here-
after mentioned, nor any lands, etc., assigned unto James Maister, my son,
and so that said Thomas Maister do release to said Peter all such lands, etc.,
hereafter mentioned, willed to said Peter. And if said Thomas do claim
any of said lands, etc., willed to said James Maister, my son, and any of
the mershes, etc., willed to said Peter, then said James shall have two parts
of the manor of Stodmershe, to said James and his heirs of his body; and for
lack of such heirs [remainder] to my son John Maister and the heirs of his
body; and for lack of such heirs [remainder] to the heirs of me, the said John
Maister, and Elizabeth, now my wife ; and for lack of such heirs [remainder]
to Agnes Gifford and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten. To said
Thomas Maister, my son, and to his heirs and assigns for ever all the houses
and lands which I purchased of John Russell in the parish of Stodmersh,
and also my garden at Matsole in the parish of St. Peter in the town of Sand-
wiche. To said Peter, my son, and the heirs of his body my house at Nor-
wood, wherein Robert Williams now liveth, with the five acres of land
thereto assigned, also mershes [named], and one piece of arable land contain-
ing fourteen acres, in the field called North field near the barne called Stod-
mersh barne, said Peter paying yearly to my said wife Elizabeth £10, given
to her by me for marriage jointure, and pa3dng to my son Thomas and his
heirs the yearly rent of £10. If said Peter die without heirs, said premises
assigned to my son Peter shall remain to John Maister, my godson, son of
said Thomas Maister (my son), and to the heirs of said John. To my son
James Maister and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten all that manor of
Est Langdon, co. Kent, with all the lands, etc., thereto belonging. If
James, my son, die without heirs, said manor of Est Langdon, with all
lands, etc., shall remain to John Maister, my son, and his heirs, and for
lack of such issue to the heirs of me, John Maister, and Ehzabeth, my wife.
To James Maister, my son, my mershe called Bexley Lees and the mersh
called the Harp thereto adjoining. My friends Thomas Colwell, WiUiam
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Pajme, Robert Thompson, and Thomas Severne, by an indenture made by
me, shall receive the rents, profits, etc., during the minority of James, my
son, until he reach the age of twenty-one years, and shall pay to my wife
Elizabeth £10 for her own use, and also for every of the children of me and
said Elizabeth £10 during her widowhood for the bringing up of said chil-
dren, the residue of such issues to be accounted for by said four trustees when
said children or the survivors of them attain the age of twenty-one years or
day of marriage. If Elizabeth, my wife, marry again, she shall have no
part of said issues, but said Thomas Colwell, my executor, shall have £4
yearly for his pains and £10 yearly for the finding of schooling, meat and
drink, and apparell for each child. Concerning my little piece of ground at
the Mayden Towre, my executors shall receive the yearly rents thereof until
my son James come to the age of twenty-one years, employing the same
yearly in buying wood to be distributed among the poor in the town of
Sandwich; and when said James shall attain the age of twenty-one years, I
will the said land to him and his heirs for ever, providing yearly for ever
four loads of wood for distribution to the poor of Sandwiche.
Touching the disposition of my plate: To Thomas Maister, my son, a
goblett, etc. To Peter Maister, my son, a goblet, etc. To Agnes Gifforde,
my daughter, a goblet of silver, partly gilt, a pot of silver, partly gilt, and
four silver spoons. The residue of my plate shall be divided between my
wife and the children of me and her.
[Witnesses named.] Proved 14 June 1559 by Thomas Colwell and Eliza-
beth Maister, in the person of said Thomas Colwell, the executor named in .
the will. (P.C.C., Chaynay, 27.) [For longer abstract of this will see Reg-
ister, vol. 71, pages 171-173.]
From the Parish Registers of East Haddon, go. Northampton*
Baptisms
1567 Jane daughter of Hughe Seargeant 16 June.
1569 AHce daughter of Hughe Seargeant 8 May.
From the Registers of the Parish of All Saints, Northampton,
1559-1700
Baptisms
1590 Daniell son of Robert Sargeant 20 September.
1593 Anne daughter of Roger Sergeant 21 October.
1595 Samuell son of Roger Sergeant 13 October.
1596 Mary daughter of Roger Sergeant 6 March [1596/7].
1598 Samuell son of Roger Sergeant 25 June.
1599 Dorothie daughter of Roger Sargent 6 March [1599/1600].
1602 William son of Roger Sergeant 20 June.
1602 Jone daughter of George Sergeant 19 December.
1604 Edward son of George Sargent baptized at St. Sepulchre's 4 November.
1605 John son of Roger Sergeaunte 24 November.
1607 John son of George Sargent 16 August.
1608 EUzabeth daughter of Roger Sargent 26 February [1608/9].
1609 Dorothie daughter of George Sargent 24 December.
1613 Elizabeth daughter of George Sergentt, carpenter, by Elizabeth, his
wife, 13 June.
1619 Robert son of George Sargeant, laborer, and his wife Elizabeth 1 1 April.
1622 George son of George Sergeant, laborer, and his wife Elizabeth 26 May.
1625 Samuel son of Joseph Sergent, linen draper, and his wife Dorothie
9 October.
*ln these registers the baptisms begin in 1552, the marriages in 1584, and the burials in 1552.
No Sargent marriages or burials are recorded.
282 Genealogical Research in England [Oct.
1627 Samuell son of Joseph Sargent, linen draper, and his wife Dorothy 20
May.
1628 EHzabeth daughter of WilHam Sargeant, haberdasher, and his wife
Hanna 3 July.
1628 Ehzabeth daughter of Joseph Sarieant, linen draper, and his wife
Dorothy 15 March [1628/9].
1629 Hanna daughter of William Sargent, haberdasher, and his wife Hanna
13 July.
1630 Elizabeth daughter of Wilham Sargent, haberdasher, and his wife
Hanna 12 September.
1631 Dorothie daughter of Joseph Sargent, mercer, and his wife Dorothy
7 August.
1632 Mary daughter of William Sargeant, haberdasher, and his wife Hanna
2 September.
1633 Thomas son of Joseph Sargent, mercer, and wife Dorothy 9 March
[1633/4].
1635 Sarah daughter of William Sargent, haberdasher, 22 October.
1636 Mary daughter of WilUam Sargent, haberdasher, and his wife Mary 22
January [1636/7].
1637 Martha daughter of Joseph Sargent, mercer, and his wife Dorothy
10 December.
1640 Anne daughter of Joseph Sargent, linen draper, and his wife Dorothy
13 September.
1640 Samuell son of John Sargent, mercer, and his wife Anne 18 October.
1641 Samuell son of John Sargeant, mercer, and his wife Anne 6 January
[1641/2].*
1643 Elizabeth daughter of John Sargent, linen draper, and his wife Anne
28 January [1643/4].
1646 Elizabeth daughter of John Sargeant, linen draper, and his wife Anne
6 September.
1648 Mary daughter of John Sarjeant, linen draper, and his wife Anne
10 September.
1657 Dorothie daughter of Mr. Thomas Sargeant, clothier, and his wife
Dorcas 14 February [1657/8].
1659 Joseph son of Mr. Thomas Sargeant, bailiff, and his wife Dorcas
1 January [1659/60].
1661 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Sargiant, clothier, and his wife Dor-
cas 22 December.
1663 Thomas son of Thomas Sargiant, woollen draper, and his wife Dorcas
18 October.
1665 Francis son of Thomas Sargiant, woollen draper, and his wife Dorcas
29 October.
1667 Samuell son of Thomas Sargiant, woollen draper, and his wife Dorcas
29 January [1667/8].
1669 Ann daughter of Thomas Sargent, draper, and his wife Dorothy [sic]
24 January [1669/70].
1672 Roger son of Thomas Sargiant, clothier, and his wife Dorcas 25 Sep-
tember.
Marriages
1597 George Coles and Alice Sergeant 6 October.
1634 John Sargent and Anne Orpyn 4 November.
1634 Thomas Ball and Dorothie Sargent 30 November.
1648 George Billton of London, Gent., and Mrs. Dorothie Sargeant of this
parish 9 November.
1656 Samuel Sargiant and Dorcas Ares of this parish by banns 23 June.
*From June to September 1643 no baptisms are recorded.
1920] Genealogical Research in England 283
1666 Thomas Goodrode and Ann Sargeint 8 September.
1685 John Savagert [sic] and Mary Richardson 1 August.
Burials
1590 Daniell son of Roger Sargeant 9 December.
1596 Samuell son of Roger Sargeant 27 April.
1597 Mary daughter of Robert Sargeant 17 August.
1599 Agnes daughter of Roger Sargeant 30 October.
1604 A Httle boy [puerulus] of Roger Sargeant 3 September.
1608 John son of George Sargent 10 May.
1625 Samuel son of Joseph Sergeant 28 February [1625/6].
1629 EHzabeth daughter of WiUiam Sargent 5 January [1629/30].
1632 Hanna wife of William Sargeant 25 September.
1635 Mary daughter of William Sargent 9 February [1635/6].
1636 Joseph son of John Sargent 12 March [1636/7].
1638 Martha daughter of Joseph Sargent 18 February [1638/9].
1640 Samuel son of John Sargent 14 December.*
1644 Samuel son of John Sargant 3 August.
1645 Mrs. Sargent wife of Roger Sargent, ald[erman], 20 October.
1646 An infant of Mr. Joseph Sargant, ald[erman], 26 September.
1649 Mr. Roger Sargent, alderman, [illegible] July.f
1659 John Ball at Mr. Sargiants, servant to Mr. Joseph, 5 November.
1678 Mr. Joseph Sargent, alderman and three times mayor, 11 April.
1679 Francis son of Mr. Thomas Sargiant, draper, 4 November.
1681 Mrs. Dorothie Sargent widow of Mr. Joseph, alderman, 9 October.
1689 Mr. Thomas Sargant, alderman, 6 May.
1691 Samuel Serjeant 1 March [1691/2].
1696 Dorcas daughter of Mr. Thomas Sergeant 20 September.
Miscellaneous Records
1656 Joseph Sargent mayor.
1657-1659 Justice Sargent [mentioned].
1666 Mr. Thomas Sargeant churchwarden.
From the Registers of the Parish of St. Giles, NorthamptonJ
Baptism
1612 Thomas son of Richard Makerncs of All Saints, sergeant, and Bar-
barye, his wife, 6 AprU.
Marriages
1596 Richard Makernesse and Barbara Gierke 28 January [1596/7].
1635 Prothero Kil worth and Dorothie Sargant 2 May.
1635 Richard Makernes and EHzabeth Hockner 7 May.
1638 Abraham Barber and Joane Sargent 26 August.
From the Registers of the Parish of St. Peter, NorthamptonJ
Marriages
1633 ffoulk Muscott of St. Peter's, Northton, and EHzabeth Makernes of
All Saints in Northampton 28 March.
1634 WiUm Clarke of Stoke brewen§ and Alice Sergeant of Courtenhall
25 February [1634/5].
[To be continued]
*From March 1642 to August 1643 and in February and March 1643/4 no burials are recorded.
fPerhaps 5 July.
JNo males of the Sargent family are mentioned in the registers of this parish prior to 1650.
In the registers of the parish of St. Sepulchre, Northampton, there are no Sargent entries prior to
1650.
§Stoke-Bruerne, co. Northampton.
284 Col John Brown's Expedition, 1777 [Oct.
COL. JOHN BROWN'S EXPEDITION AGAINST
TICONDEROGA AND DIAMOND ISLAND, •
1777
Communicated by Capt. William Butler Clarke of Belmont, Mass.
To the Register of April 1872 (vol. 26, pages 147-152) Rev. B. F.
DeCosta communicated an article entitled ''The Fight at Diamond
Island/' in which he gave British accounts of the operations of Col.
John Brown's command against Ticonderoga and Diamond Island
in Sept. 1777 and also the text of two letters from Colonel Brown to
General Lincoln describing his attack on these posts. Other letters
relating to this expedition from Colonel Brown to General Lincoln
and other officers and also letters from General Lincoln to Colonel
Brown have been for several years in the possession of the contrib-
utor of the present article, who is a great-great-grandson of Colonel
Brown, and they are given below, together with the text of the two
letters from Colonel Brown which appeared in the Register in 1872,
the convenience of having all these letters in print in one place jus-
tifying the reprinting of the two previously published. In his let-
ter of 4 Oct. 1777 {vide infra) Colonel Brown states that he received
orders from General Lincoln to make this expedition on 13 Sept. of
that year, and the first letter printed below, dated on the day on which
he received his orders, shows him already on the march.*
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln]
Poltney Septr. 13th 1777
Dear Sir
I find by my march thus far, that I shall be in Castletown tomorrow by
10 oclock P M. Should I fail of the Pork by way of Skeenbr, I must be
detained perhaps the whole Day at Castletown, which retard my march
that time butt, hope that the Cattle may be fowarded tomorrow morn-
ing as soon as possible as you know that half a Days detention this side
the Bay, may be the Means of detaining me an Whole Day the other side
and a consequent facture [sic] in the whole opperation.
Am Sr in hast
Your hos. most Obt. hml. Svt.
Jno Brown
Genl. Lincoln
The Ammunition will be exceeding necessary especially for Col. Warners
Party
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln]
Sunday Morning 8 oclock Poltney Sept. 14th 1777
Sir
As Colo. Warners Detachmt have not arrived or any part of them, I
begin to apprehend some unnecessary delay desire they may be hurried
on with aU possible despatch, as any delay at Castletown will be Danger-
*An account of Colonel Brown's life and services may be found in Colonel John Brown of Pitts-
field, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold, an address delivered at Palatine
Bridge, N. Y., in 1908 by the late Archibald Murray Howe, A.M., LL.B., of Cambridge, Mass.,
and published in Boston in the same year.
1920] Col. John Brown's Expedition, 1777 285
ous on Acct. of the Enemy's being advertized of our Motion. I had advice
the last Evening of a part of the Enemy being under way to Castleton &
have taken proper Methods to inform myself of this Matter, hope it may
be true as I think they cannot escape, they are said to be one hundred or
upward
Am Sir with Respect
Your very hml. Svt
Jno Brown
Hope to be advertized of every Piece of Intelligence that you may think
proper to communicate. The Companies from Colonels Herick, Marsh
Johnson Woodbridge Cushing Whitcome and my own Regts. are arrived,
2 Companies of my Detachment are yet behind.
Majr. Genl. Lincoln
[Addressed]
Majr. Genl. Lincoln
pr Express Powlet
[Colonel Brown to Colonel Johnson]
Lake George Landing North End Thursday Septr. 18th 1777
Col. Johnson,
Sr.
I have been favoured with good success in my Attempts upon the Enemy
this way, as I heartily wish you may in j^our Department on the Mount.
I took possession of the Landing here this Morning, & the Mills, & a block
house near them, & Mount Defiance, as also the old french Lines on Ticon-
deroga side; & have sent in a flagg & demanded the immediate surrender
of Ticonderoga & Mount Independence. I have not as yet beared what
Success you may have had. The Number of Prisoners taken at these sev-
eral places is as follows 12 British Commissioned officers viz 2 Captns.
7 Lieut. 2 Ensigns. 1 Commissary. Non Commissioned oflScers 1 Gentle-
man & privates 143 British. 119 Canadians.. 18 Artificers, & retook more
than 100 of our own Men total. 293. exclusive of our own Prisoners 150
Batteaus below the falls in Lake Champlain fell into my hands, as also 50
above the falls including 17 Gun Boats, & 1 armed Sloop. Our loss of
Men in these several Actions is not more than 3 or 4 killed & 5 wounded
the Enemys Loss is less still. I have taken Arms perhaps equal to the
Number of Prisoners, & some Cannon & Ammunition. Your spirited Ex-
ertions will much facilitate my opperations on this side, as mine may be of
Service to you on the other side. I am not without hope of those places being
speedily in our possesion. If Recruits should not come in to the Enemy
soon, I think there is some probability of so agreeable an Event. I am in-
formed by an officer of ours retaken that a Rinforcemnt from Canada are
on their Way. You wiU put wt. weight to this you think proper, I am send-
ing of the Prisoners as fast as possible, have reeved no Express from you.
Am in the utmost hast your very hml Svt
John Brown
Colo. Johnson
[Addressed]
Colo. Johnson near Fort Independance
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln]
North end of lake George landing, thursday Sep 18th 1777
Sir,
With great fatigue after marching all last night I arrived at this place
at the break of day, and after the best disposition of the men, I could make,
286 Col. John Brown's Expedition, 1777 [Oct.
immediately began the attack, and in a few minutes, carried the place.
I then without any loss of time detatched a considerable part of my men to
the mills, where a greater number of the enemy were posted, who also were
soon made prisoners, a small number of whom having taken possession of
a block house in that Vicinity were with more difficulty bro't to submission;
but at the sight of a Cannon they surrendered, during this season of suc-
cess, Mount Defiance also fell into our hands. I have taken possession of
the old french lines at Ticonderoga, and, have sent a flag demanding the
surrender of Ty: and mount independence in strong and peremptory terms.
I have had as yet no information of the event of Colo. Johnsons attack on
the mount. My loss of men in these several actions are not more than 3 or
4 killed and 5 wounded, the enemy's loss: is less. I find myself in pos-
session of 293 prisoners. Vizt 2 captains, 9 subs. 2 Commissaries, non
Commissioned officers and privates 143. British 119 Canadians, 18 arti-
ficers and retook more than 100 of our men. total 293, exclusive of the
prisoners retaken. — The watercraft I have taken, is 150 batteaus below
the falls on lake Champlain 50 above the falls including 17 gun boats and
one armed sloop, arms equal to the number of prisoners. Some ammuni-
tion and many other things which I cannot now ascertain. I must not
forget to mention a few Cannon which may be of great service to us. Tho :
my success has hitherto answered my most sanguine expectations, I cannot
promise myself great things, the events of war being so dubious in their
nature, but shall do my best to distress the enemy all in my power, having
regard to my retreat — There is but a small quantity of provisions at this
place which I think will necessitate my retreat in case we do not carry Ty
and independence — I hope you will use your utmost endeavor to give me
assistance should I need in crossing the lake &c — The enemy but a very
small force at fort George. Their boats are on an island about 14 miles
from this guarded by six companies, having artillery — I have much fear
with respect to the prisoners, being obliged to send them under a small
guard — I am well informed that considerable reinforcements is hourly ex-
pected at the lake under command of Sir John Johnson — This minute re-
ceived Genl. Powals answer to my demand in these words, ''The garrison
intrusted to my charge I shall defend to the last." Indeed I have little hopes
of putting him to the necessity of giving it up unless by the force under
Colonel Johnson.
I am &
John Brown.
Genl Lincoln.*
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln]
North End Lake George 6 oclock A. M. Friday Sept. 19th 1777
Dear Genl.
I have nothing Material to advise you this Morning have kept up a
canonade from within the Lines on Ty, all Night have not heard this Morn-
ing whether to any purpose. It is most certainly out of my Power to cast
the Enemy from that place, should they chuse to keep it, without too great
loss of Men.
I have in Contemplation to cross the Bay this Night to Independence,
and in conjunction with Genl. Warner attack the post, but this depends on
*This letter is reprinted from Registeb, vol. 26, p. 150, but the date, printed there as "thurs-
day Sep 10th 1777," has been changed here to "thursday Sep 18th 1777," since it is clear from
Gen. Burgoyne's statement (ih., vol. 26, p.' 149) and from other letters printed in the present
article that "Sep 18th" is the correct date and that the reading "Sep 10th" was due to an error,
probably either of the copyist or of the printer. The letter is said {ih., vol. 26, p. 150; to have
been taken from the Gates Papers, p. 194. Of. Colonel Brown's letter of 4 Oct. 1777 to General
, infra, p. 292.
1920] Col John Brown's Expeditiony 1777 ' 287
certain Contingencies — I have a large Quantity of Plunder on hand par-
ticularly of Cloathing which I have taken out of the thereabouts [?] under
Ty. Should therefore wish for a reinforcement that it might be in my Power
to move [?] it round. I think of sending it in Boats up to the lake George
some Distance, by which Means it may be transported across to Defiance
[?] fort, as it wall be of great service to the Army — I have before the attack
for the Incouragemt. of the Men, given them all the Plunder — this is
going beyond the Letter of the Law, but as it had been so often superceeded
[?] in this way thought myself warranted and hope my ingagemts. may be
confirmed —
Am Sr. Your very hmble Syt
John Brown
Genl. Lincoln
[Addressed]
Honble. Ma jr. Genl Benjn. Lincoln
Pr Express Skeenboro
[Colonel Bkown to General Warner]
North End lake George Sept. 19th 1777 Friday 6 Oclock A. M.
Dear Genl.
I reeved yours of Yesterday by Mr. Potter. My Letter of Yesterd
and Mr. Potters information will give you my Situation
I know of nothing new hapned since last Night we have kept up a fire
from within the French Lines at Ty on the Mnt most of the Night, know of
no Material Consequence which has hapned, the Enemy Yesterday seemed
to be about to abandon Ty whether they will do it or not cant say. 'tis out
of my Power to force them to do it.
I look on myself not in the best Situation being liable to be attacked —
by way of both Lakes, but shall not quit the ground untill such an Event
shall happen. I mean to examine the Situation of the Enemy this Morn-
ing, and as I understand you have in Contemplation an Attack by way of
Storm on Independence shall before night give you my oppinion on the
propriety of such a Measure together with the Assistance you are to expect
from me. Still believe had you attacked at the time I proposed you had
carried the Mount — I have a large Quantity of Plunder on hand expect
to loose it all in Case I am attacked, wish I could supply you with some
Rum which would improve [?] your convenience extremely well
Am Sr with Respect
Your very hml. Svt
Brown
B. Genl. Warner
[Addressed]
B: Genl. Warner
Pr Mr. Potter
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln]
Lake George Landing Sept. 20th 1777 11PM.
Dear Genl.
Have not heard any thing from you this Several Days, Have reason
to fear that our Communication is interupted. I am this moment informd
by two Men express from the Officer commanding at the Narrows that at
noon Yesterday he had received no intiligence from me — The Prisoners
must have arrived at that Place before this — Have taken about 20 Pris-
oners since the First attack in three Boats from Fort George — I this Min-
ute am advised that a large Number of tracks have been discovered this
288 Col John Brovm's Expedition, 1777 [Oct.
side of Crownpoint, perhaps to indeavour to surprise us, shall be better
informed of this Matter very soon the Boats mentioned in my Letter of
yesterday have fallen into my hands — Have this Morning sent off 160
Prisoners Shall indeavour to cross them to Genl Warner I have still on
hand about 25 sick prisoners not able to be removed, while I am writing
Express arrives from Genl. Warner with your advice for us to retreat by
order Genl. Gates this is impracticable at present without the loss of Many
Prisoners and a vast Quantity of Stores. I wTote you in my last that I
should attack Ty at all Events, but on more Mature consideration think
that the advantages of carying that Post wdth Independence Tvill not com-
pensate for the probible loss altho I am certain of carrying the Posts, indeed
I begin to be censured by Ofl&cers and Men for not suffering them to make
the attempt.
By intelhgence from up the Lake I am sure that I shall have it in my
Power to command this Lake, the Enemy have a Post at Dimond Isle-
landt [?] consisting of 3 Companies of German Troops, and almost all the
Boats in the lake exclusive of those I have taken they have but little Pro-
vision and cannot be reinforced or supplyed from this Quarter Shall in-
deavour to set out tomorrow morning with a small Sloop Mounting 3 Car-
riage Guns 7 pounds, one Gun Boat with one Brass 18 Do. in her Bow and
one other Boat Mounting one 7 Do. and about 400 Men in Boats I can
Retreat much easier from 20 Miles up the Lake then from this Place do
not mean however to abandon this Place unless necessitated to do it untill
the Event of this Expedition is known —
I must not omit doing Justice to the Officers and Soldiers under my Com-
mand in the late attack never were Men more furious, and even fool hardy
in the instance of attacking the Block house by which Means I lost several
Men. Capt. Ebr. AUin of the Vermont Rangers with his Compy alone
attacked mount Defiance supported by double his Number and previously
advertized by my attack at this Place, and paraded on the top of the Mount
on which was a Block House about half finished and every other advantage
he ascended the precipice and drove them in 6 Minutes killing a Number
and took 21 Prisoners Cannon &c &c the remainder got headlong do^n the
mountain. Desire you by all Means to give me every Piece of InteHgence —
Wishing you Success
Am Sr. your Obt. [?] hml. Svt
Jno Brown
J Brown
[Addressed]
Honble. Benja Lincoln Esqr.
Majr. Genl. in the northern Army
[General Lincoln to Colonel Brown*]
Pawlet Sept. 21 1777
Dear Colonel
All your movments since you left this place have [been] very agreeable
to me I am greatly obliged to you for your exertions & am glad to hear that
with spirit the officers and men under you have distinguished themselves —
You are all entitled to the thanks of ye public mine you have most cordially
I had no idea when I wrote to General Bayley, to which letter you refer,
of your retreating while there was a probabihty of sucess neither do I now
wish it Coll. Woodbridge will afford you all ye assistance in his power. —
I had yesterday General Gates repeated orders to join him at Stillwater _ I
miLst do it my self with all the trooys I can collect here. He had a skirmish
*This letter, unsigned, was found among General Lincoln's papers. It is endorsed: "To Col:
Brown Sept. 2l8t 1777."
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ye night before last night with ye enemy he took 250 prisoners & 3 field
pieces — General Warner & you must act your own judgments with respect
to attacking ye enemis lines continuing ye Sigee or retiring I am this moment
going to set off expect to see General Gates tomorrow — I shall leave Genl
Bayley at Castletown who will afford you every in supplies
I am Dr Sir with sincere regard & esteem
your most hum Servt —
While at Skeenboro I could git no advice from you I supposed our ex-
presses were cutt off indeed I was confirmed in this opinion [?] after being
informed that one of our boats were fired on by the tories some men killed
The boat went as, afterward, I was told into East Bay I therefore took
post for one night at Castletown.
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln*]
Skeensboro Friday 11 o'clock, a m. Sept. 26th 1777
Dear Sir
I this minute arrived at this place by the way of Fort Ann, was induced
to take this rout on ac* of my Ignorance of the situation of every part of
the continental Army —
On the 22 inst at 4 o'clk P.M. I set sail from the north end Lake George
with 20 sail of Boats three of which were armed. Viz one small sloop mount-
ing 3 guns, and 2 British Gun Boats having on Board the whole about 420
Men officers included with a Determined resolution to attack Diamond
Island which lies within 5 miles Fort George at the break of Day the next
Morning, but a very heavy storm coming on prevented — I arrived Sabbath
Day point abt midnight where I tarried aU night, during which time I [sic]
small Boat in the fleet taken the Day before coming from Fort George, con-
ducted by one Ferry lately a sutler in our army, I put Ferry on his Parole,
but in the night he found Means to escape with his Boat, and informed the
Enemy of our approach, on the 23d I advanced as far as 12 Mile Island, the
Wind continuing too high for an attack I suspended it untill the Morning
of the 24th at 9 oclock at which Time I advanced with the 3 armed Boats
in front and the other Boats, I ordered to wing to the Right and left of
Island to attempt a landing if practicable, and to support the Gun Boats
in case they should need assistance, I was induced to make this experiment
to find the strength of the Island as also to carry it if practicable — the enemy
gave me the first fire which I returned in good earnest, and advanced as
nigh as I thought prudent, I soon found that the enemy had been adver-
tised of our approach and weU prepared for our reception having a great
number of cannon well mounted with good Breast Works, I however ap-
proached within a small Distance giving the Enemy as hot a fire as in my
Power, untill the sloop was hulled between wind and Water and obliged to
toe her off and one of the boats so damaged as I was obliged to quit her in
the action. I had two men killed two Mortally wounded and several others
wounded in such Manner as I was obliged to leave them under the Care of
the Inhabitants, who I had taken Prisoners giving them a sufl&cient reward
for their services.
I Run my Boats up a Bay a considerable distance and burnt them with
all the Baggage that was not portable — The Enemy have on Diamond
Island as near as could be collected are about three hundred, and about
40 at Fort George with orders if they are attacked to retreat to the Island —
Genl Borgoine has about 4 Weeks Provision with his army and no more,
he is determined to cut his Road through to Albany at all events, for this
*This letter is reprinted from Register, vol. 26, pp. 151-152, where it is said to have been
taken from the Gates Papers, p. 220. Cf. Colonel Brown's report to General about this
attack, in his letter of 4 Oct. 1777, infra, p. 293.
290 Col John Brown's Expedition, 1777 [Oct.
I have the last authority, still I think him under a small mistake — Most of
the Horses and Cattle taken at Ty and thereabouts were left in the Woods.
Genl Warner has put out a party in quest of them.
I am Dear Sr wishing you and the Main Army great Success
your most obt huml Sert
Jno Brown
Genl Lincoln
NB You may Depend on it that after the British Army were supply
with six Weeks provision which was two weeks from the Communication
between Lake George and Fort Edward was ordered by Genl. Burgoine to
be stor'd and no passes given —
The attack on the Island continued vnth. interruption 2 Hours.
[General Lincoln to Colonel Brown*]
Camp at Behsmus hight Sept. 28 1777
My dear Colonel
Your favor of the 26 I reed this morning in which you mention your sev-
eral movments I think they were made with judgment & executed mth
spirit, altho you had not all ye wished for success, the eminent services
you have rendered to your country in your late rout will always be remem-
bered by them with gratitude — The time for which your men engaged to
serve now expires you will suffer them to return home please to present to
them my warmest thank[s] for their faithfull services — I wish to see you
before you return that I may receive from your own mouth a full & par-
ticular acct. of your several movments & the articles you have taken &
have an opportunity to mention to you the high sense I entertain of your
faithfull services
Colo Browne
[General Lincoln to Colonel Brown]
Camp, Behmesses hieghts 4 Miles above Stilwater. September 30th 1777
Dear Colonel,
I think it unnecessary for you to seal my letter to General Warner it will
be best to give it to him open —
You will be so good when you arrive at Pawlet as to send a party of men
consisting of two or three hundred with ten or twelve days provision (the
bread they can carry the beef may be on foot) between Fort Edward and
Fort George in order to cut off all communication between these posts and
to harrass and distress the enemy you will appoint some person of known
bravery, ability and experience to command them if there should not be
a number sufficient at Pawlet you will please to send to General Bailey at
Manchester requesting such aid from the militia there as yau may need,
if you should fail of succour there, you will send to the commanding officer
at white creek for it. I will replace them by troops from Falls mils. — You
will please to give the party instructions to cut off all communication between
Fort Edward and Fort George. If in their power, prevent any supplies
going to the enemy to harrass and distress them and report to General
Gates every piece of information of importance which may come to their
knowledge —
I am sorry to give you this trouble but I know not how to avoid it and
prosecute the plan agreed on
You promised no more to the troops when you assured them that they should
*This letter, unsigned, was found among General Lincoln's papers. It is endorsed: "To Colo
Browne. Sept. 28th 1777."
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have the benifit of the plunder than you had a right to engage, the only question
is who are to be considered as captures*
1 am dear Sir with sincere regard
Your hml Servant
B Lincoln
N. B. If Sir your ill state of health forbids your doing this business you
will be so good as to let me know it by a line —
B Lincoln
[Endorsed]
To Colo. Browne
Septr. 30. 1777
[Colonel Brown to General Lincoln]
Camp at Falls Mills Oct. 1st 1777
Dear Sir
This Minute received your favr of this Day Am sorry you did not hint
in your letter the oppinion of Genl. Gates with regard to the Plunder, as
possibly that might have given satisfaction could wish you would do it
the first Express.
Shall execute your Orders respecting the Party to be put between Fort
Edward & Lake George. Whitcomb or Wirt must have the Command
I think your Scouts ought to be advertized of this party least, they annoy
each other —
I have confered with Genl. Fellows with Regard to the Berkshire Mili-
tia, it was almost impossible to retain them at any rate, the Genl. there-
fore with advice of the Officers of his Brigade thought it most advisable
to limit the time for those Militia as it seemed they would consent to tarry [?]
Ten Days, although it was apparent they would all desist, they have
therfore mostly agreed to tarry [?] the Ten Days — Genl. Fellows desired
me to advertise you of this Matter, hope you will make up of the Militia
before that time is expired —
Wishing you the greatest Success Am respectfully
your hors. most Obed hmle. Svt
Jno Brown
Honle. G^nl Lincoln
[Addressed]
Honle. Majr. Genl. Lincoln
at Head Quarters
[General Lincoln to Colonel Brown]
October 2d 1777
Dear Colo.
I forgot in my last to request you to order the commissary at Pawlet to
make a return of the stores there which he will do and send it by the bearer.
You will mention to General Warner if you think proper that General
Gates is of opinion that the party with you who took the plunder hath the
sole right to it.
I am dear Sir
Your humble servant
B. Lincoln
To Colonel Browne
[Endorsed]
To Colonel Browne
October 2d 1777
*The words here printed in italics are crossed out in the original letter.
VOL. LXXIV. 19
292 Col. John Brown's Expedition, 1777 [Oct.
[Colonel Brown to General *]
Pawlet October 4th 1777
Dear General
Permit me to present you the Continental Standard retaken at Ticonderoga
on the 18th Ult. Please to Present my Compliments to those Gentlemen
who in their hurry slipt off and forgot them, — hope never to have the like
Occasion to present Them or your Honour with our own Colours; Should
have done myself the honour to make this Presentation in Person when I
had the honour of waiting on You, but conceived the Colours to have be-
longed to an armed Vessel until this Minute when upon Opening them find
they are the Continental Standard, hope they may be flourished in your
Camp and soon replaced in Ticonderoga
Agreeable to your desire I send your Honor the Particular Occurrences
of my Expedition to the North End of Lake George
On the 13th of Septr received Orders from Genl. Lincoln to make this
Expedition, On the 17th arrived on the Heights above the Landing near
Mount Defiance where I made what Discoveries I could of the Situation
of the Enemy at their several Posts at Ticonda, Independance and the
Landing; At Daybreak the next Morning attacked the Enemy at the Land-
ing and at Mt Defiance, I made such a Disposition at the Landing as in-
tirely to invest the Enemy, so that not one Man Escaped, Two of our Offi-
cers were Wounded and several of the Enemy killed in this Attack but the
Enemy were so surprized that they could make no Considerable Defence.
Mount Defiance was at the same Time stormed by one Company of the
Rangers under the Command of Capt Ebenr Allen consisting of 40 Men,
the Post being defended by Double that Number was however carried in
6 Minutes without the loss of a Man killed or wounded on our Side, they had
two killed and several Wounded and upwards of 20 taken Prisoners — Captn.
Allen deserves Immortal Honor for his spirited Conduct in this Attack,
being obliged to ascend a craggy Precipice under the Fire of the Enemy to
make the Attempt. Immediately on carrying the Landing I detached a
considerable Number of the Party to the Bridge who surprized the Enemy
there. The Falls making such a Noise that they never heard the Attack
at the Landing, the Party being reinforced by me Proceeded on to the Houses
and Barn near Mr. Intoss, toward the French Lines where was a Consider-
able Number of our Prisoners and one Company of British Troops who
were surprized in like Manner and taken Prisoners to a Man, We relieved
in the whole of our own Prisoners at all the Posts 118 "VAHio had been con-
fined, fatigued and dejected to such a degree that one could scarcely con-
jecture what they were. They come out of their Holes and Cells with
Wonder and Amazement, indeed the Transition was almost too much for
them, I immediately armed them and changed the Tables with the Enemy,
I found the French Lines undefended and but one Company in the old Fort,
I immediately demanded a Surrendery of Ty. & Independance, but receiv'd
a Manly denial from General Powel, I heard nothing from Colonel John-
son this Day, on the 19th I receiv'd an Express from the Colol, and found
that his attempt on Independance was not made with a View to carry it.
Indeed the Enemy have fortifyed Independance in such a Manner that by
the block Houses and Redoubts which they have erected, together with
their Shipping, they can cover and defend the whole of the Ground on Inde-
pendce the Enemy have about 700 Men in the Mount 500 of which they
can turn out on an Emergency, considering these Particulars, I thought it
Proper not to advise to a Joint Attack of that Post, which I had in Con-
templation before I discovered their true situation. The old Fort could
*There is nothing in or on this letter to indicate to what general it was written. Apparently
it was not written to General Lincoln.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 293
have been carried by my Party but did not think that the Acquisition would
have been a Compensation for the Probable loss, since if Independance was
not carried this Post must have been soon evacuated
By the Boats that come in dayly from Fort George and Diamond Island,
I found that the Island were not apprized of us and therefore determined
that it was my Object rather than Ty I therefore after Canonading the old
Fort a Considerable Time, from within the old french Lines and from mount
defiance, from which with one Ball two Men within the Parade were killed,
and after having destroyed all the Carriges and Boats except 20 in lake
George and after having burnt most of the Stores about Ticonderoga and
killed and sent off all the Cattle and Horses, on the 24th I imbarked for
the Island, having 5 Cannon mounted on the small sloop and gun Boats,
but ah unluky Circumstance happened; One Terry lately a setler [sic] in
our Army being a Prisoner, I suffered him to go at large on Parole but on
my sailing from the landing I ordered Terry & his Associates on board the
Gun Boats, unhappily an Officer coming on in the rear ordered Terry out
of the Gun Boats into his own Boat and fall under his stern, altho this Officer
had no bad intent in this Order yet it Proved our overthrow at the Island,
for Night coming on with a great Storm Terry made his Escape to the Enemy
which gave them sufficient Oppertunity to mount their Cannon and Pre-
pare for our reception I however Proceeded and made the Attempt, but
finding the Enemy too well Prepared was obliged to quit after two hours
Engagement, in which the Enemy huld the sloop between wind and water
in such Manner I was obliged to toe her off, one of the Gun Boats also being
Wounded and many other Boats shattered to Pieces, I thought Proper
to retreat and after having burnd all the boats on the East shore quit the
Lake and got safely into Skeensboro', I left behind me in the whole killed
and wounded ten Men — the Number of Prisoners on Parole shall transmit
your honor very soon
Am Sr with the utmost respect
Your Honors most Obedient humble Servt,
John Brown
JOHN DEVEREUX OF MARBLEHEAD, MASS.,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS
By Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti of San Rafael, Cal.
[Concluded from page 211]
20. Ralph^ Devereux (Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Robert,^ John^),
of Prospect, Me., fanner, born at Penobscot, Me., 15 June
1795, died 2 June 1874. He married first, 27 Feb. 1822,
Nancy Lennan of Georgetown, Me., who died in June 1865;
and secondly, in 1868, Margaret Harriman Grant of
' Prospect.
He settled at Prospect the year after his first marriage,
and lived near the Penobscot River.
Children by first wife:
i. Ralph,' master mariner, b. 17 Sept. 1823; d. 20 Sept. 1902; m. 19
July 1846 Hester A. Harriman of Prospect, who d. in Apr. 1888.
294 Descendants of John Devereux [Oct.
Children: 1. Alvaretta,^ b. 27 Mar. 1849; m. Capt. William Tup-
per of Searsport, Me., mariner; present residence, Jacksonville,
Fla; child: (1) Ralph, who m. Florence Madden of Jacksonville.
2. Melvina, m. Capt. Wilbert Hichborn of Stockton Springs, Me.
3. Hester, m. Lewis Gammage of Connecticut; d. there in 1888.
4. Mary H., m. Edward Tuttle of Massachusetts. 5. Charles
Bryant, master mariner, b. 6 Apr. 1847; d. in a southern port
28 Oct. 1893; m. in 1872 Caroline A. Melone of Cutler, Me., b. 7
Apr. 1850; six children.* 6. Daniel, b. 3 Dec. 1861; Uving unm.
in Florida in 1920.
ii. Eliza A., b. 11 Nov. 1825; d. at Roxbury, Mass., 3 Oct. 1895; m.
Capt. Thomas R. Bowtjen of Prospect, master mariner, who d.
21 Sept. 1899.
iii. Charles Bryant, b. 30 Jan. 1828; lost at sea 27 Oct. 1844.
iv. Mary Winslow, b. 4 Feb. 1830; d. 2 July 1879; m. John Adams of
Unity, Me., and removed to Chicago, 111. Child: 1. Albert, who
went to California.
V. Nancy, b. in June 1832; d. 30 June 1833.
vi. Albert, master mariner, b. 12 June 1834; lost at sea on the Singa-
rella, which sailed from Port of Spain, Trinidad, B. W. I., for
Philadelphia, Pa., in Oct. 1884, and was never heard of again;
m. Augusta M. Blanchard of Stockton Springs, Me. Children:
1. Eugenie L.,^ b. 16 Sept. 1865; m. Phineas P. GriflBn of Sears-
port, Me., now of Los Angeles, Cal. 2. Herbert, dentist, b. 12
July 1874; d. 5 Nov. 1903.
vii. Horace, master mariner, b. 30 July 1836; d. at sea, on the Liberty,
of which he was master, on a voyage from Aquin, Haiti, to Bos-
ton, and bur. at sea 28 Dec. 1878; m. 11 Mar. 1863 Mary A.
Genn, b. 7 Feb. 1841, dau. of Alfred and Susan P. (Shute) of
Prospect. Children: 1. Martha,^ b. 19 Dec. 1868; d. 22 May
1875. 2. Louise Lennan, b. 4 June 1871 ; d. 12 June 1875.
viii. Nancy, b. 7 May 1838; d. at Oakland, Cal., 30 July 1915; m.
' Jewett Harriman, formerly of Prospect, Me., who d. 28 Apr.
1917 and was bur. at Oakland. They resided at San Francisco,
Cal.
ix. Martha, b. 11 Dec. 1841; d. unm. 25 Aug. 1859.
21. Reuben^ Devereux {Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Robert,^ John^), of
Penobscot, Me., farmer, born at Penobscot 21 Mar. 1813,
died there 13 Dec. 1877. He married, 19 Apr. 1837, Ursula
Lawrence of Castine, Me., born 6 Apr. 1817, died at Penob-
scot 14 Nov. 1899.
Children :
i. Augustus R.,^ of Penobscot and East Lamoine, Me., farmer, b. at
Penobscot 12 June 1838; d. at East Lamoine 27 Nov. 19i2; m.
(1) 25 Dec. 1864 Elizabeth F. Dunbar, b. at Penobscot 20 July
« 1845, d. at East Lamoine 31 July 1901, dau. of Reuben and Eliza-
beth (Parker) of Penobscot; m. (2) 4 Dec. 1907 Flora Hopkins
of Ellsworth, Me. He served three years in the Civil War, in
Co. D, First Maine Cavalry, and was a prisoner for six months;
he was sheriff of Hancock County, Me., nine years, postmaster
at Ellsworth six years, and custodian of the U. S. coaling station
at East Lamoine four years, from its establishment until his death.
Children by first wife: 1. George H.,^ lawyer and insurance broker,
b. at Penobscot 10 Jan. 1866; m. at Omaha, Nebr., 24 Dec. 1891,
•Children of Charles Bryant and Caroline A. (Melone) Devereux: 1. William S., b. at Sears-
port, Me., 18 Jan. 1874. 2. Annie, b. in New York 29 Dec. 1875; d. 22 Deo. 1877. 3. Charles Bry-
ant, b. in New York 28 Oct. 1877; m. Reed of Waverley, Mass. 4. Carrie R., b. at
Prospect Ferry, Me., 14 Feb. 1880; m. Horace Albert Staples of Stockton, Me.; one son, Bryant
Devereux, b. 1 Nov. 1917. 5. Alvaretta, b. at Prospect Ferry, Me., 29 Apr. 1881; m. Dewitt C.
Reed of New York City; one daughter, Frances Devereux, b. 12 Oct. 1911. 6. Jennie Oakley,
b. at Stockton Springs, Me., 28 Nov. 1886; m. Albert T. Reed of Waverley, Mass.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 295
Amy Maud Barr of Omaha, b. at Northfield, Minn., 26 Aug. 1872,
dau. of John and Emily C.; children, b. at Omaha: (1) Ells-
worth,' b. 4 Dec. 1892, served thirteen months in the U. S. Navy
in the World War, and (2) John H., b. 28 June 1908. 2. Cora B.,
b. 20 Aug. 1868; m. at Ellsworth, 27 Oct. 1886, Frederick H.
Macomber, merchant and postmaster at Seal Harbor, Me., b. at
Franklin, Me., 28 Oct. 1862, s. of Henry E. and Julia (West);
children: (1) Phylhs, b. 17 Aug. 1892, (2) Elizabeth, b. 8 May
1894, and (3) Frederick, b. 26 Oct. 1901. 3. Ella Ursula, b. at
Blue Hill, Me., 17 Aug. 1871; m. at Lamoine, Me., 19 Jan. 1903,
William Shaw Cousins, a chief engineer in the service of the U. S.
Shipping Board, b. 22 Jan. 1873, s. of Samuel Pederick, master
mariner, and Jane (Harrington); children: (1) Elizabeth Dev-
ereux, b. at Lamoine 4 July 1904, (2) Mary Devereux, b. 20 Mar.
1908, and (3) William Shaw, b. at Lamoine 15 June 1909, d. at
Brooklyn, N. Y., 10 Aug. 1916.
ii. Sarah E., b. 3 Nov. 1841; living in 1920 at Blue Hill, Me.; m. 2
July 1870 Frank Davis of Blue Hill, who d. 6 Apr. 1914. Children :
1. Minetta, b. 20 May 1871; m. (1) 22 Jan. 1889 Joseph W. Wood-
ward; m. (2) 25 Aug. 1899 Edward D. Knapp; child by first
husband: (1) Sherman, b. 5 Nov. 1889, m. 28 Dec. 1918 EUzabeth
C. Winkler. 2. Rubie Frank, b. 19 Aug. 1874; m. (1) 12 Dec. 1912
Edgar Stevens; m. (2) 13 Oct. 1916 Ward Westcott. 3. Elizabeth
Devereux, b. 20 Aug. 1877; m. 2 May 1907 Hollis Clark; children:
(1) Rubie Dorothy (twin), b. 26 Aug. 1908, (2) Roger James
(twin), b. 26 Aug. 1908, and (3) Lester Hollis, b. 4 May 1916.
iii. Charles Arthur, of Bucksport, Me., master mariner, b. at Penob-
scot 17 Mar. 1844; d. 14 Mar. 1895; m. at Bucksport, 15 Nov.
1866, his second cousin, Abbie Ingalls King (16, vi, 6) of Orring-
ton, Me., b. 5 June 1841, living at Bucksport in 1920, dau. of
John and Mary (Devereux) of Orrington. He served three
years in the Civil War, in Co. K, Sixteenth Maine Infantry, and
was wounded at Gettysburg, 3 July 1863. Children: 1. Mabel
Annie,^ b. at Orrington 29 Jan. 1868; m. 15 Nov. 1891 Harry
Nevens of Bucksport, steamship officer, b. 15 June 1867, s. of
James M. and Mary Harriman; child: (1) Mabel Marguerite,
b. 30 Apr. 1892, m. 12 June 1912 Arthur Higgins, b. 11 May 1882,
s. of Freeman Cobb and Lucinda (Lampher). 2. Wilbert Arthur y
h. 13 Nov. 1871; drowned 19 July 1892.
iv. Mark C, of Penobscot, farmer, b. at Penobscot 20 Sept. 1851; liv-
. ing in 1920; m. 19 July 1884 Laura A. Clark of Castine, living
in 1920. He lives on the old Devereux farm near Penobscot, in
the house built on it by his great-grandfather, Ralph Devereux
(11). He contributed much of the information about the Maine
branch of the Devereux family that is given in this genealogy.
Children: 1. Reuben,^ farmer, b. at Penobscot 26 May 1885; m.
in Jan. 1907 Mary Hutchins of Penobscot; children: (1) Erma,
, b. 9 Aug. 1907, and (2) Marguerite, b. in Jan. 1909. 2. Joseph
W., steamship officer, b. 14 Aug. 1887; m. at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
in Apr. 1917, Prudence Piper, b. in Mar. 1887. 3. Frank R.,
farmer, b. 17 Feb. 1891; m. in Sept. 1916 Lowena Leach of Cas-
tine; child: (1) Charles Russell, b. 5 Mar. 1918. 4. Gladys, b. 2
Apr. 1899; m. in June 1915 Harold Perkins of Penobscot, farmer;
children: (1) Madeline, b. 9 Nov. 1916, and (2) Catheryn, b.
10 Dec. 1918.
V. Hattie J., b. at Penobscot 12 Feb. 1862; m. 17 Dec. 1882 Menton
M. Grindal of Penobscot, farmer, b. 19 Aug. 1859, s. of Otis and
Margaret. Children: 1. Lyndon L., b. 26 Aug. 1884; m. at
Bangor, Me., 14 Jan. 1906, Margaret Goode, b. 30 Oct. 1884,
dau. of Robert W.; child: (1) Ralph L., b. at Bangor 31 May 1907.
2. Clifford, b. 6 Aug. 1886; m. at Patten, Me., 5 Dec. 1906, Eva
Brown, b. 3 Nov. 1884, dau. of Charles R. of Bangor, Me.; child:
(1) Clifford, b. at Patten 30 June 1916.
296 Descendants of John Devereux [Oct.
22. JoHN^ Devereux (Joseph,^ Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Robert,^ John^), of
Penobscot, Me., born at Penobscot 25 Mar. 1808, died there
27 Apr. 1859. He married in 1833 Elizabeth Farnham,
born 1 Jan. 1813, died 19 Jan. 1894.
Children :
i. Mary Ann,' b. 18 May 1834; d. at San Francisco, Cal., in 1916.
ii. Hudson, b. 2 Nov. 1835; d. s. p. at Castine, Me., 7 Mar. 1915; m.
(1) Wilson; m. (2) Julia Webster; m. (3) Lydia
Hatch.
iii. Lydia May, b. at Castine, Me., 25 Apr. 1837; d. at San Francisco,
Cal., 3 June 1920; m. at Portland, Me., 22 Jan. 1865, Joseph
Anton Dierw anger, b. in Bavaria 7 Oct. 1827, d. at Portland
14 Jan. 1910. Children, b. at Portland: 1. Frederika Brema, b. 21
Mar. 1867; d. at Lynn, Mass., 23 July 1885. 2. Anna Shepherd,
b. 8 Feb. 1869; m. in Boston, 29 Nov. 1893, George Norris Coyle
of Portland. 3. Ludwig, b. 15 June 1873; d. at Portland 30 Sept.
1874. 4. Joseph Anton, b. 8 Feb. 1876; m. (1) at Boston, 5
Apr. 1905, Lillian Julia Nelson, who d. at Pasadena, Cal., 28 Dec.
1907; m. (2) in New York City, 12 July 1910, Adeline M. McCor-
mick; child by second wife: (1) Mildred Rowe, b. at Dorchester,
Mass., 11 July 1911, d. 8 Feb. 1913.
iv. Samuel F., b. 28 Oct. 1838; d. at Salem about 1912; m. (1) Martha
J. Bowden; m. (2) Serena Margrage, widow. He had issue
^ by his first wife.
v. Warren J., b. 17 Dec. 1841; d. unm. in Libby Prison, Richmond,
Va., 28 Nov. 1861, having been taken prisoner at the First Battle
of Bull Run. He was a member of the Second Maine Infantry.
vi. John Homer, master mariner, b. 19 Feb. 1847; living in 1919 at
Whitestone Landing, Long Island, N. Y.; m. (1) in 1866 Cora
E. Hatch, who d. in 1872; m. (2) in 1878 Nellie Farnham, who
d. in 1903. In 1918 he was captain of the schooner Fannie Pres-
cott of New York, when she was sunk by a German submarine off
the Canary Islands, and he was forced, with the ship's crew, to
row in the ship's boats, without food, to the coast of Africa, 75
miles distant, a feat which they accomplished in 52 hours. Child
by second wife: 1. Margaret,^ b. 18 Nov. 1893.
vii. Emma F., b. 6 June 1852; d. 5 Nov. 1896; m. Jason Hanson of
Castine, Me. Children: 1. Lesta. 2. Jason. 3. Devereux.
23. WiLLARD^ Devereux (Joseph,^ Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Robert,^ John^),
born 15 Dec. 1810, died at Castine, Me., 27 Jan. 1882. He
married first, about 1836, Loisa M. Stover, born 6 May 1810,
died 11 Dec. 1860; and secondly, about 1866, Emma N.
Foster, who died 30 Aug. 1912.
Children by first wife :
1. Ferdinand,' b. 10 Feb. 1838; living in 1920 at Castine; m. at
Castine, 19 Oct. 1864, Matilda A. Thomas, b. 22 Mar. 1842, d. 24
Mar. 1915. No children.
ii. Charles Willard, b. 10 July 1839; lost at sea 13 Mar. 1860; unm.
iii. Frank, b. 3 Oct. 1840; killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, 1 July
1863; bur. at Gettysburg.
iv. George Adams, b. 28 Oct. 1842; d. 18 Nov. 1897; m. 19 Jan. 1867
Frances J. Hatch of Castine, b. at Castine 8 Feb. 1847, dau. of
Capt. William, mariner, and Jeanette (Dennett). He enhsted in
the Civil War in the Sixteenth Maine Infantry, but was dis-
charged on account of ill health without seeing active service.
Children: 1. Charles Warren,^ h. 24 Aug. 1867; m. 26 Aug. 1902
Mary Joy Dunbar, b. at Castine 23 Nov. 1870, dau. of Bennett
and Frances M. (Leach) and granddaughter of Reuben and EHza-
beth (Parker) Dunbar of Penobscot, Me. ; he was for many years
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 297
in the service of the Clyde Line Steamship Company, and from
1902 on commanded ships of that Hne saihng from New York;
on 28 Mar. 1917 he enHsted in the U. S. Naval Reserve and was
commissioned as lieutenant commander and afterwards as com-
mander, holding the latter rank from 21 June 1918 to 22 June
1919; during his service in the World War he commanded the
U. S. Ship Lenape and the U. S. Ship West Haven, naval transports
carrying troops and supplies to France; he retired from the serv-
ice 26 June 1919; child: (1) Richard Austin,^ b. in Florida 21
Jan. 1906. 2. Maria Louise, b. 9 Feb. 1869; m. at Castine, 3
Jan. 1894, Ralph E. Dority, b. at Sedgwick, Me., 10 Apr. 1871,
s. of Horace and Ruble H. (Herrick) ; children: (1) Ruble Frances,
b. 25 Sept. 1894, and (2) Prentiss E. Stanley, b. 26 Sept. 1898, who
enhsted in the Tenth U. S. Infantry 20 Mar. 1916, was transferred
to the First Anti- Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion, was transferred
later to the Two Hundred and Seventy-seventh Military Police
Company, took part in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-
Argonne offensives, served in Italy and Belgium and with the Army
of Occupation in Germany, and was twice gassed, in rank a sergeant.
3. Emma Jeanette, b. 1. Apr. 1872; m. at Boothbay Harbor, Me.,
16 June 1896, Burke Dunbar of Penobscot, Me., b. 23 Mar. 1871,
perished when the steamer Portland was lost in Massachusetts
Bay, 26 Nov. 1898, s. of Elisha and Ellen (Wardwell); she re-
turned to Penobscot and lives there with her mother on the old
farm; child: (1) Karl Burke, b. 9 Aug. 1898, who enlisted at
Bangor, Me., in the World War, was trained at Fort Hancock,
N. J., and served overseas one year in the Heavy Artillery. 4.
Percy Raymond, b. 14 Nov. 1874; m. at Glenwood Springs, Colo.,
3 Oct. 1897, Lorean J. Reynolds of Pueblo, Colo., who d. 5 Feb.
1915, dau. of George and Rebecca (Fisher); children: (1) George
Thomas,^ b. at Minturn, Colo., 13 June 1899, who served as a
volunteer in the World War, served in the American Expeditionary
Forces in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ammunition Train,
Fortieth Division, and was detached and drove a motor car for
headquarters, (2) Frances Rebecca, b. at Minturn, Colo., 18 Mar.
1901, (3) Percy Arthur, b. at Paonia, Colo., 4 Feb. 1904, (4) Homer
Augustus, b. at Paonia, Colo., 9 Feb. 1906, d. in Sept. 1907, and
(5) Merle Vincent, b. at Eads, Colo., 1 Nov. 1910. 5. Georgi-
ana, b. in 1877, d. at Castine 20 Mar. 1901. 6. Marietta, b. in
1880; m. Daniel Dee; child: (1) Josephine. 7. Beulah Thayer,
b. 16 Sept. 1882; m. (1) at Buena Vista, Colo., Leander Bishop
Furman, b. at Venetia, Pa., 15 Dec. 1865, s. of Rev. A. H. and
Maria B.; m. (2) at Denver, Colo., 14 Feb. 1911, Carl Arden
Judd, b. at Spencerville, Ind., 2 Apr. 1881, s. of Orrin and Isabel;
child by first husband: (1) Lucile Devereux, b. 7 Oct. 1902, m. 9
Dec. 1919 Orland McMullin of Denver. 8. Frank Willard, b.
2 July 1885; m. 15 Jan. 1912 Velma Austin of Albany, N. Y.
9. Henry Walcott, b. 27 May 1887; m. 2 Mar. 1912 Kathryn V.
Miller of Newburgh, N. Y., b. 8 Nov. 1890, dau. of James and
Mary. 10. Jessie Hazel, b. 13 Oct. 1889; m. at Orrington, Me.,
2 Nov. 1907, Horace Cunningham, b. at Stockton Springs, Me.,
19 Oct. 1883, s. of Frederick and Cora A. of Rockland, Me.;
children: (1) Veda Louise, b. 11 Aug. 1908, (2) Cora Frances, b. 15
Oct. 1910, (3) Devereux Dee, b. 1 Aug. 1912, (4) Donald Horace,
b. 24 May 1914, (5) Merlin Duane, b. 8 Apr. 1916, (6) Myrtle
Regina, b. 8 July 1917, and (7) Orville Herbert, b. 25 Nov. 1919.
11. Burton White, b. 22 Sept. 1893; living in Colorado.
V. Maeia Lucy, b. 3 Feb. 1845; d. unm. 14 Sept. 1864.
vi. Sarah Louise, b. at Castine 1 Feb. 1850; d. at Orrington, Me., 15
July 1881; m. at Castine, 1 Feb. 1871, Joseph Wesley Bowden
of Orrington, farmer, b. at Orrington 7 May 1850, s. of Joseph
and Jane (King) ; four children, all born at Castine.*
•Children of Joseph Wesley and Sarah Louise (Devereux) Bowden: 1. Arthur Willard, b. 14
298 Descendants of John Devereux [Oct.
24. Seth Kimball® Devereux (Joseph,^ Ralph,^ Ralph,^ Robert,^
John^), born at Penobscot, Me., 12 June 1821, died at West-
wood, N. J., 11 Mar. 1898. He married, 27 Feb. 1844,
Ann I. C. Jackson, born at Norfolk, Va., 27 Feb. 1821, died
at Castine, Me., 18 July 1868.
He was prominent in his community, and was collector of
customs at Castine, 1861-1867.
Children :
i. Selina Eliza,7 b. 1 June 1845; d. 30 Aug. 1846.
ii. Hubert Kimball, b. 19 July 1846; d. 30 Apr. 1872.
iii. Ann Selina, b. 12 Dec. 1848; now living at Meriden, Conn.; m. at
Cambridge, Mass., 19 Jan. 1878, John Quincy Thayer, b. at New
Milford, Conn., 24 Mar. 1843, d. 27 Jan. 1915, for nineteen years
judge of probate at Meriden. Child: 1. Zerline Devereux, b. 29
May 1880; d. 9 Dec. 1884.
iv. Arthur Milton, b. at Castine 14 Oct. 1851; m. at New London,
Conn., 30 Apr. 1874, Pauline Elizabeth Styer, b. at New Lon-
don 15 Dec. 1854, d. at Castine 16 July 1916. He was educated
in the public schools of Castine, was a student at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology in 1868-69, served as a lieutenant
in the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1871-1878, and aided in the
rescue of the inhabitants when a tract of country on the Michigan
shore of Lake Huron was burned in 1871, taking people from the
burning towns and carrying them to Port Huron, Mich. He was a
charter member of the Maine Society of Civil Engineers, and
built and owned the water works at Castine. Children: 1. Har-
riet Sherman,^ b. at Milwaukee, Wis., 14 Feb. 1875; educated at
Mt. Holyoke College. 2. Pauline Faye, b. at New London 11
July 1876; educated at Mt. Holyoke College. 3. Rosmar Styer,
of Castine, civil engineer, B.S. (University of Maine, 1907), b. at
Bangor, Me., 28 Feb. 1888; a charter member of the Maine Soci-
ety of Civil Engineers and an inspector of factories for the Mutual
Fire Insurance Companies.
v. Eliza Jackson, b. 19 Sept. 1856; d. 15 Dec. 1857.
vi. Harriet Louisa, b. at Castine 1 Oct. 1858; m. at Castine, 26 July
1893, Burton Dwight Stone, M.D., b. at Killingworth, Conn.,
s. of Alvord Alonzo and Lydia Adeline. She was graduated at
Mount Holyoke College in the Class of 1881. Children: 1.
Dwight Devereux, h. at Berne, N. Y., 25 Sept. 1894; enlisted in
Apr. 1917 in the Fifth Regiment, New Jersey National Guard,
which became the One Hundred and Fourteenth U. S. Infantry;
transferred to the One Hundred and Fourth Field Signal Battal-
ion; served in France in the American Expeditionary Forces,
north of Verdun, east of the Meuse, and elsewhere. 2. Annie
Thayer, b. at Westwood, N. J., 5 Mar. 1902.
25. JoHN^ Devereux (John,^ John,^ Joseph,^ John,^ Robert,^ John^),
baptized at Marblehead 25 Apr. 1802, died 5 Feb. 1881. He
married first, 27 Dec. 1827, Eliza Ann Leach, who died six
months later; and secondly, at New Orleans, La., 14 Apr.
1830, Matilda Cornelia Burton, born 21 Oct. 1814, died
7 Dec. 1886, daughter of Peter and Susan A. of New Orleans.
Child by second wife :
Feb.?1872; m. at Orrington, 25 Dec. 1898, Nellie Emeline Appleton, b. at Orrington 11 Apr. 1874,
daughter of Daniel and Melvina. 2. Ferdinand Devereux, b. 25 Mar. 1874; m. 29 May 1905
ElIeniLewis, b. at Orrington 11 Aug. 1882, daughter of Peter and Althea; two daughters and one
son. 3. Estelle Marcia, b. 15 Apr. 1876; d. at Castine 18 June 1909; m. at Orrington, in Sept.
1897, James^Merritt Webster, b. at Castine in 1873, d. at Brewer, Me., 13 May 1913, son of Hilman
and|Hannahi(Bowden); two sons and six daughters. 4. Walter Henry, b. 5 Mar. 1879.
1920] Descendants of John Devereux 299
i. John Henry,^ b. in Boston 5 Apr. 1832; d. at Cleveland, Ohio, 17
Mar. 1886; m. at Cleveland, 30 Aug. 1851, Antoinette Cecilia
Kelsey, b. at Youngstown, N. Y., 28 Oct. 1830, eldest dau. of
Capt. Lorenzo and Sophia (Smith). He was educated at the
academy in Portsmouth, N. H., and in 1848 went to Cleveland,
where he was employed as construction engineer on several rail-
roads. In 1852 he removed to Tennessee, and was prominent in
railroad affairs there. In the Civil War he served the U. S. Gov-
ernment as superintendent of military railroads in Virginia. This
ofRce he resigned in 1864, and, settling again in Cleveland, became
one of the leading railroad men in the West. He was elected presi-
dent of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, & Indianapolis
R. R. in 1873, of the Atlantic & Great Western R. R. in 1874,
and of the Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. in 1880. He was
prominent in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Children: 1.
Mary,^ b. 23 Mar. 1852; d. 19 Feb. 1914; m. (1) Edward Nathan
Whiton of New York; m. (2) Leonard Watson of Ashtabula,
Ohio; she was the author of many poems and magazine stories,
including ''Betty Peach," "From Kingdom to Colony," *'Up
and Down the Sands of Gold," and "La^tte of Louisiana;"
children by first husband: (1) Henry Devereux, who m. Frieda
Frasch and lives in New York, (2) Antoinette Lord, and (3) John
Lionel. 2. John, b. at Halcyon Hall, Columbia, Tenn., 10 Oct.
1858. 3. Henry Kelsey, of Cleveland, Ph. B. (Yale, 1883), b. at
Cleveland 10 Oct. 1860; m. Mildred Abeel French, dau. of Julian
E.; children: (1) Julian French, who m. Sarah Burt Clay, served
in the World War in the Sixty-fourth Field Artillery, and d. at
Cleveland 19 Feb. 1920, and (2) Mildred Aileen. 4. Antoinette
Huntington, b. at Cleveland 11 Sept. 1863; m. 11 Dec. 1889 Hor-
ace Ellsworth Andrews; residences, Cleveland and New York City;
children: (1) Dorothy, b. 11 Jan. 1891, and (2) Marjorie.
26. Arthur Forrester^ Devereux (George Humphrey,^ Hum-
phrey,^ Burrill,^ Humphrey,^ Robert,^ John^), born at Salem 27
Apr. 1836, died 14 Feb. 1906. He married in Boston, 24
Dec. 1859, Clara Anna Rich of Haverhill, born in East Bos-
ton 14 Nov. 1838, died 26 Feb. 1910, daughter of Zoeth and
Phebe A. and a descendant of Gov. Thomas Prence of the
Plymouth Colony and of Elder William "Brewster of the May-
flower. He and his wife are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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